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Nicholas Pileggi
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Martin Scorsese - introduction
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INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION WRITTEN AND READ BY MARTIN SCORSESE!
Nicholas Pileggi's vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill - the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that "to be a wiseguy was to own the world," who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster's life - has been hailed as "the best book ever written on organized crime" (Cosmopolitan).
This is the true crime best seller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds...with Henry Hill's crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.
"Nonstop...absolutely engrossing." (The New York Times Book Review)
Listen to it and experience the secret life inside the mob - from one who's lived it.
©1987, 1990 Nicholas Pileggi (P)2019 Simon & SchusterYou may also enjoy...
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a bad bet on this one.
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My Favourite Mafia book
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Good book
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Five Families
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very long and great history but boring at times
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One of the best books
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Casino
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A real-life story of love and betrayal set in America's favorite playground, Casino is a Mafia tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, as well as the inside account of just how the mob lost control of the neon money-making machine it created.
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a bad bet on this one.
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The Irishman (Movie Tie-In)
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The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, Sheeran’s story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries, and connections to mainstream politics.
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My Favourite Mafia book
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A Man of Honor
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Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Joseph Bonanno found his future amid the whiskey-running, riotous streets of Prohibition America in 1924, when he illegally entered the United States to pursue his dreams. By the age of only 26, Bonanno became a don. He eventually took over the New York underworld, igniting the "Castellammarese War", one of the bloodiest Family battles ever to hit New York City.
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Good book
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Written by: Joseph Bonanno
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Five Families
- The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
- Written by: Selwyn Raab
- Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
- Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
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Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals, and generational changes that produced violent, unreliable leaders and recruits.
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very long and great history but boring at times
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-01-16
Written by: Selwyn Raab
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Mafia Prince
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- Written by: Phillip Leonetti, Scott Burnstein, Christopher Graziano
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Inside the Montreal Mafia
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Great work done by all parties
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Donnie Brasco
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- Narrated by: Joseph D. Pistone
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Posing as a jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone worked undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Mafia wise guys, captains, and bosses. Now his eyewitness account brings to pulsing life the code of honor, loyalties, treacheries, and dirty dealings of unforgettable characters.
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Donnie Brasco
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The Gotti Wars
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John Gotti was without a doubt the flashiest and most feared Mafioso in American history. He became the boss of the Gambino Crime Family in spectacular fashion—with the brazen and very public murder of Paul Castellano in front of Sparks Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan in 1985. Not one to stay below law enforcement’s radar, Gotti instead became the first celebrity crime boss. His penchant for eye-catching apparel earned him the nickname “The Dapper Don;” his ability to beat criminal charges led to another: “The Teflon Don.”
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The Family Corleone
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- Unabridged
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For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny - 17 years old, impatient, and reckless - wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business.
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If youre a fan of the Godfather, this is a must!
- By Jim Bag on 2019-09-20
Written by: Ed Falco
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Black Mass
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In this gritty New York Times best-seller, the true story of a crooked deal between the FBI and the Irish Mob is exposed. By providing a penetrating look into the mean streets of mid-1970s South Boston, the author shows how two kids from the neighborhood cross paths again years later, ending in the biggest informant scandal in FBI history.
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Murder Machine
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- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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They were the DeMeo gang - the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast. Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling.
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Mafia story, quite unremarkable
- By richvanc. on 2021-10-16
Written by: Gene Mustain, and others
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Omerta
- A Novel
- Written by: Mario Puzo
- Narrated by: Michael Imperioli
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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To Don Raymonde Aprile’s children, he was a loyal family member, their father’s adopted “nephew.” To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him...and how, while the don’s children claimed respectable careers in America, Astorre Viola waited for his time to come.
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Big fan if Michael Imperioli.
- By Robbie on 2021-09-26
Written by: Mario Puzo
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The Cigar
- Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror
- Written by: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The son of Sicilian immigrants, Camillo Carmine Galante was raised in Manhattan's Little Italy and by all accounts born bad. By fifteen he was terrorizing the streets of New York's Lower East Side, scoring high marks for the "errands" he was running for his La Cosa Nostra elders. When he turned twenty, Galante was already one of the mob's top enforcers-a sadistic thrill killer and clinically diagnosed psychopath with big dreams.
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Mob Star
- The Story of John Gotti
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- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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"Johnny Boy" Gotti burst onto the national scene after a double murder catapulted him to the top of the Gambino family, the largest and most feared Mafia family in the USA. Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci reveal the man behind the headlines.
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The narrator‘s way of explaining the story
- By River45 on 2024-10-25
Written by: Gene Mustain, and others
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The Sixth Family
- The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto
- Written by: Lee Lamothe, Adrian Humphreys
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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On May 5, 1981, three rebellious members of New York's Bonanno crime family were gunned down in a Brooklyn social club. One of the gunmen was Vito Rizzuto, a man who would rise to the top of the underworld in Canada and then expand his reign across continents to become a global superboss. The Sixth Family, now revised and updated, reveals the hidden history of the rise of the Rizzuto clan, the alliances it forged around the world, and the bloody events that led to charges against Vito Rizzuto in the United States and Italy for racketeering and corruption.
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Riveting.
- By Bill Venieris on 2021-11-22
Written by: Lee Lamothe, and others
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There's Just One Problem...
- True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
- Written by: Brian Gewirtz
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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For decades, wrestling was shrouded in secrecy. It had larger-than-life personalities, bone-crunching physicality and jaw-dropping theatrics, but backstage, it was an industry devoid of outsiders. Then in 1999, after working together on a special for MTV, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson turned to 26-year-old television writer Brian Gewirtz and asked, “You ever consider writing for WWE?” That question, and its answer, would have a profound effect on both of their lives for years to come. There's Just One Problem is a story about perseverance, tenacity, and steel chairs.
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Great book
- By Harry Antoine on 2024-09-18
Written by: Brian Gewirtz
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- P. Chamberlain
- 2023-05-04
great story
if you love mob stuff, this is a must read. much more detailed then the movie.
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- PDubya
- 2022-07-09
Fantastic.
I’ve seen the film Goodfellas a dozen times - but when I listened to Hill talking on Howard Stern I decided to get the boo- I was not disappointed. Great story as it provides the background of the real players in this crime drama/comedy. Narrators were perfect and the intro by Scorsese set the stage perfectly. I loved this book and as I listened I have flashes of the film to accompany me and my imagination. Highly recommended!
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- Lulu b.
- 2024-09-09
Great story well read
Ari Fliakos was so believable! He can personify any character. I felt like he was Henry.
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- Langer MD
- 2021-05-14
Perfect Basis for a Screenplay..
Martin Scorsese ('Mean Streets', 'Casino', 'The Irishman') knew what he was doing when he made this into 'Goodfellas'. The book gives spectacular insight into the almost mythical world of Wiseguys - giving listeners a firm understanding of why Henry Hill was lured into the life (and fell into disaster).
Author Nicholas Pileggi uses impressive storytelling skills to translate jawdropping gangster anecdotes into an unforgettable book.. an engrossing glimpse into a nearly unimaginable - but undeniably real - organized crime life. The descriptions are vivid, the dialogue authentic, the "characters" true-to-life, and the plot progression unrelenting. This book is very well written. It also contains dozens of extra episodes in Henry Hill's amazing life - those who appreciate the film are in for a treat.
Ari Fliakos handles the majority of the narration and his performance is nearly flawless. His timbre and emotiveness are spot-on and his pacing is unparalleled. The contributions from Corey Brill and Hillary Huber (reading perspectives merged into the text) are likewise commendable - at times it sounds almost like Ray Liotta is narrating.
Altogether, this book has immersive writing, brilliant narration, and quality production standards. It's easily worth a Credit. 9.5/10 stars.
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- Micheal A. Worby
- 2024-05-28
absolutely perfect
if you're a fan of Goodfellas this is a must read, fills in plenty of gaps while sharing new information that the movie couldn't fit in
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- James
- 2020-10-01
fugetaboutit!
Amazing story and well told. Scorsese really nailed the essence of the book in Goodfellas.
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- Darth_Vodka
- 2023-01-02
Now it’s a photo finish...
I had already listened to The Godfather by Mario Puzo earlier this year. That book singlehandedly set the high watermark for the sub-genre. I didn’t think anything could ever come close! I was wrong.
Mitch must’ve known a guy...
It’s just so spot on.
Makes my top 5 all-time favorite list with ease. Perfect reading by each and every reader.
If you only have one credit to your name, bet on this one for a guaranteed winner!
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