Wiseguy | 
|  | | | Title: | Wiseguy | | Author: | Nicholas Pileggi | | Publisher: | Pocket | | Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 September, 1990 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0671723227 / 9780671723224 | | List Price: | $7.99 | | Amazon Price: | $7.99 | |
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"At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." -- Henry Hill 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. Henry Hill knows where a lot of bodies are buried, and he turned Federal witness to save his own life. The mob is still hunting him for what he reveals in Wiseguy: hundreds of crimes including arson, extortion, hijacking, and the $6 million Lufthansa heist, the biggest successful cash robbery in U.S. history, which led to ten murders. A firsthand account of the secret world of the mob, Wiseguy is more compelling than any novel.
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Customer Reviews:
• Simply A Classic 22 November, 2008
Like the movie, the book sets the standard of the genre! Do yourself a favor and pick it up!!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A5X97ZAKO7T67
• An Engrossing Book About A Despicable Mobster 12 July, 2008
Among true mobster stories, this book rates well for its nonstop depiction of events and exceptional character development. Henry Hill's narration provides considerable depth into the personalities of his cohorts allowing the reader to grasp the motives and mindsets of true gangsters as they pull of heist after heist. To give further credence to this book, my wife, who despises the very existence of the mob, also found this book enthralling, even in disgust.
Wise Guy details the life of Henry Hill from a young impressionable boy stumbling into crime to his life as a full fledge mobster. Henry's relationship with some made men in the Italian Mafia add intrigue; however it is his close friendship with fellow gangsters Tommy and Jimmy that prove to be the most fascinating as their personalities create a whirlwind of interest.
Henry eventually brings his own life to a halt due to his drug use and trafficking, and ends up entering the witness protection program by ratting out his friends and associates. This story has so many interesting twists and turns one wonders if Henry was not also guilty of embellishing his own life story to add further romance to the idea of the life of a wise guy. Whether one fully accepts every aspect of the book or views it as merely guided view on an otherwise despicable life, one has the luxury of finding out within a fully engrossing book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AG7R3MMF8QLDT
• Movie Striaght From Book 14 January, 2008
If you've seen the movie, then you've read the book. And that's a testiment to the movie producers because this book is awesome.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A333UVT4I5S8BW
• Wiseguy 16 October, 2008
This book was a gift it was delivered in perfect condition. The person it was for loved the book.The delivery was without 14 days so this was on time for there birthday. The book was not put down since they had it and really enjoyed it.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A35P2NL1LYTQ7B
• This Really Happens 27 June, 2008
good fellas was based on this book and this book was really based on a rat there is no good guys only foolish not so good not so attached to humanity type guys. the outline of the book and the movie stayed the same just like with casino
- Reviewed by customer ID: AXAINAOVOD0MC
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