Nicholas Pileggi staat bekend om zijn diepe fascinatie voor de Maffia, die de basis vormde voor zijn literaire ondernemingen. Zijn werk kenmerkt zich door het scherpe oog van een journalist voor detail en een indringende blik op de onderwereld. Door boeiende verhalen ontrafelt hij de complexiteit van het criminele leven en de impact ervan op de samenleving. De stijl van de auteur is direct en feitelijk, waardoor lezers een inkijkje krijgen in werelden die doorgaans verborgen blijven.
From the author of the best-selling Mafia exposé, Wiseguy , comes this inside story of the billion-dollar gambling industry and the secretive, dangerous men who run it. At the heart of this true tale of love, revenge, and murder Mafia-style are some of the most memorable characters in mob lore: Lefty, the brains of the mob's Vegas casinos; Tony Spilotro, the mob's muscle; and Geri, Lefty's adulterous show-girl wife.
A female Goodfellas—the true story of A supermodel turned getaway driver for the mob. All-American beauty Georgia Durante was one of the most photographed models in the country when she married mobster Joe Lamendola. It plunged her into a world she never dreamed of—and one she feared she’d never survive—as a getaway driver for the Mafia and an eyewitness to unspeakable violence, brutality, and murder, as she came to understand the terrifying risk of being married to the Mob.
Presents the story of Henry Hill's life as a gangster and notorious participation in the Witness Protection Programme.
Je to mistrně vylíčený příběh o lásce, manželství, podvodech, vraždě a pomstě uprostřed mafie. Je to příběh z prostredí heren a kasín, kde se otáčejí miliardy dolarů, a vypráví o tom, jak mafie ztratila moc nad hráčským průmyslem.
From the author of the best-selling Mafia exposé, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-dollar gambling industry and the secretive, dangerous men who run it. At the heart of this true tale of love, revenge, and murder Mafia-style are some of the most memorable characters in mob lore: Lefty, the brains of the mob's Vegas casinos; Tony Spilotro, the mob's muscle; and Geri, Lefty's adulterous show-girl wife.
'As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.'Henry Hill grows up in the 1950s, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Italian-American gangsters walk tall in the streets, commanding the respect of their peers.
