The Making of Billy the Liquor Guy

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(71 71 71 1)>Billy The Liquor Guy spent twelve years as an undercover investigator working for New York's Petroleum Alcohol and Tobacco Bureau (PATB) which enforces tax laws for imports into the state. Sounds pretty tame right? In fact it was challenging harrowing and life-threatening leading Billy and his team to develop PTSD on the job and for years to come. Much of this is detailed in Billy's first book Under Too Long.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(71 71 71 1)>The Making of Billy the Liquor Guy fills in the rest of the story. It is a wide-ranging saga of undercover operations criminal takedowns and wild successes-as well as internal affairs investigations betrayals and serious repercussions stemming from the lack of trust and political game-playing in the bureau.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(71 71 71 1)>Not exactly a prequel The Making of Billy the Liquor Guy gives the backstory behind Under Too Long introduces familiar characters and explains who Billy was when he began his career as an undercover operator as well as what he became as a result of the stress deception and treachery he experienced in the PATB.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(71 71 71 1)>The Making of Billy the Liquor Guy is a must read for anyone who wants to know what undercover operations often romanticized in the media are truly like as well as anyone who enjoyed Billy's first book Under Too Long.</span></p><p></p>