"Petey Chops wasn't kicking up. And if he didn't start soon, he was going to get whacked." So begins Making Jack Falcone, the extraordinary true story of an undercover FBI agent's years-longinvestigation of the Gambinos, which resulted in a string of arreststhat crippled the organized crime family.
But long before Joaquin"Jack" Garcia found himself wearing a wire with some of the Mafia's topcapos, he was one of the FBI's unlikeliest recruits. A Cuban-bornAmerican, Jack graduated from Quantico standing six-foot-four andweighing 300 pounds -- not your typical G-man. Jack's stature soonproved an asset as the FBI looked to place agents undercover with drugsmugglers, counterfeiters, and even killers. Jack became one of the fewFBI agents dedicated solely to undercover work.

Using a series of carefully created aliases, Jack insinuated himself inthe criminal world, from the Badlands of Philadelphia, where he was agregarious money launderer, to the streets of Miami, where anundercover Garcia moved stolen and illicit goods and brought down dirtycops. Jack jumped at the opportunity to infiltrate the shadowy world ofLa Cosa Nostra, but how would the Cuban-American convince wiseguys thathe was one of their own, a Sicilian capable of "earning his button" --getting made in the Mafia? For the first time, the FBI created aspecial "mob school" for Jack, teaching him how to eat, talk, and think like a wiseguy. And it wasn't long before the freshly minted JackFalcone found himself under the wing of one of the Gambinos' old schoolcapos, Greg DePalma. DePalma, who cared for an ailing John Gotti inprison, introduced Falcone to his world of shakedowns, beatings,andenvelopes of cash, never suspecting that one of his trusted crewmembers was a federal agent.
A page-turning account of the struggle between law enforcement and organized crime that will rank with such classic stories as Donnie Brasco, Serpico, and Wiseguy, Making Jack Falcone is an unforgettable trip into America's underworld through the eyes of a highly decorated FBI veteran.