{"product_id":"9781510777569","title":"Disposable Hero: A Memoir of the Mafia and Life Undercover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA memoir of life as both a mob soldier and as a DOJ informant taking down corrupt cops and politicians—and barely living to tell the score. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Three weeks into my freshman year, I came home from class to find two federal agents waiting to arrest me for racketeering, embezzlement, extortion, and conspiracy to commit murder. It was time to pay for what I’d done.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At only 18 years old, Steven Bathory faced a decision: spend the rest of his life in prison or become an undercover agent for the Department of Justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disposable Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is the searing true story of the author's experiences as both a soldier for a well-known crime family and an undercover informant for the US Department of Justice. An unprecedented memoir that details life on both sides, \u003ci\u003eThe Disposable Hero\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader behind the scenes with a sharp and bloody firsthand account of what really happened—told by the man who lived it, barely survived it, and only found his true purpose when he lost his American dream and finally found peace in the Baha'i Faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For readers of Gianni Russo’s \u003ci\u003eHollywood Godfather \u003c\/i\u003eand Joe Pistone’s classic \u003ci\u003eDonnie Brasco, The Disposable Hero\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the author's time spent as a teenage mob enforcer and then risking his life to bring down a corrupt mayor and the corrupt policemen he worked with. But it’s also about a lonely outsider in search of an identity, a father, and a family. It's about a man who gambles with his own life in order to save it.","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50673416536350,"sku":"9781510777569","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/8436\/0222\/files\/9781510777569.jpg?v=1792791772","url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9781510777569","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}