Nicholas Pileggiâs vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hillâthe working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that âto be a wiseguy was to own the world,â who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangsterâs lifeâhas been hailed as âthe best book ever written on organized crimeâ (Cosmopolitan).
This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorseseâs 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 FedsâŚwith Henry Hillâs crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. âNonstop...absolutely engrossingâ (The New York Times Book Review).
Read it and experience the secret life inside the mobâfrom one whoâs lived it.