"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of life inside the deadly high-stakes world of what some people call the Mafia. "Wiseguy" is Henry Hill's story, in fascinating, brutal detail, the never-before-revealed day-to-day life of a working mobster - his violence, his wild spending sprees, his wife, his mistresses, his code of honor.

Wiseguy

Literature & Fiction

PILEGGI, Nicholas

Contemporary

Corgi

"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." Henry Hill grew up in the midst of New York City's criminal underworld, finally achieving the coveted status of "wiseguy." But in 1980, he made the decision to exchange his knowledge for a new identity. GoodFellas, Hill's own account of crude hierarchies, casual murders, and collaboration with the Feds (as a member of the Witness Protection Program) was adapted for the screen by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi--and is now seen as a contemporary classic. The film drew rave reviews everywhere upon its theatrical release in 1990, and was nominated for Oscars in both the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories. This book also offers an introduction by David Thompson, the noted film critic and co-editor of Scorsese on Scorsese.

GoodFellas (Based on the Book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi)

Humor & Entertainment

Scorsese, Martin

Movies

Faber&Faber

With the intensity of a Jacobean tragedy, Casino unfolds its tale of a love triangle between a gambler, his wife, and his henchman amid the glittering, festering Babylon of Las Vegas. The film makes daring use of voice-over and rapidly shifting points of view and time frame, leaving conventional film language far behind.

Casino

The author of the best-seller, Wiseguy, traces the alliance of Lefty Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro, which ran the Mafia in Las Vegas and ended in adultery, murder, and revenge. 200,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Movie tie-in.

Pocket_Books

A longtime member of organized crime recounts his criminal career, his involvement in the six-million dollar Lufthansa robbery, and his decision to become a federal witness

Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family

Genre Fiction

Simon&Schuster

Exposes the secrets behind Las Vegas's multi-billion-dollar gambling industry, profiling the figures of Lefty Rosenthal, a mafioso superbrain; Tony Spilotro, Lefty's brawny partner; and Geri, Lefty's showgirl wife. Reprint.

CASINO

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Pocket

Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas

Shandling, Larry

Goodfellas

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

GoodFellas (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

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