INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION WRITTEN AND READ BY MARTIN SCORSESE!
Nicholas Pileggiโs vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hillโthe working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that โto be a wiseguy was to own the world,โ who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangsterโs lifeโhas been hailed as โthe best book ever written on organized crimeโ (Cosmopolitan).
This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorseseโs 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 Fedsโฆwith Henry Hillโs crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. โNonstop...absolutely engrossingโ (The New York Times Book Review).
Read it and experience the secret life inside the mobโfrom one whoโs lived it.