2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Original Essays | February 8, 2012

Kent Hartman: IMG A Raider by Any Other Name

1 comment By Kent Hartman

Perhaps you are aware of the fact that there is an oddly popular trivia game floating around that a group of clever (and likely bored) college... Continue »
  1. $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret

    Kent Hartman 9780312619749
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$4.95
Used Mass Market
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Crime- Mobs and Organized Crime

eBook editions

Wiseguy

by Nicholas Pileggi

Wiseguy Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"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.

back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780671723224
Author:
Pileggi, Nicholas
Publisher:
Pocket Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Mafia
Subject:
Specific Groups - Criminals
Subject:
Criminals
Subject:
Crime and criminals
Subject:
Movie-TV Tie-In
Subject:
Criminals & Outlaws
Subject:
Movie-TV Tie-In - General
Subject:
Movie or Television Tie-In
Subject:
Media Tie-In - General
Subject:
Organized crime
Subject:
Mafia -- United States.
Subject:
Criminals -- United States.
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
Mass market paperback
Series Volume:
19
Publication Date:
19900901
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.75 x 4.19 in 5.32 oz
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $17.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Wise Guys: Stories of Mobsters from Jersey to Vegas

    Clint Willis 9781560254980
  2. $8.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    The Way of the Wiseguy: The FBI's Most Famous Undercover Agent Cracks the Mob Mind

    Joseph D. Pistone as Donnie Brasco 9780762423842
  3. $10.61 Google eBooks add to wish list

    The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy

    Stephen G. Michaud 9781122844628
  4. $3.95 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Fire Lover

    Joseph Wambaugh 9780060095284
  5. $5.95 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Donnie Brasco

    Joseph D Pistone 9780451192578
  6. $11.99 Google eBooks add to wish list

    What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love

    Carole Radziwill 9780743281829
back to top

Related Aisles

Wiseguy Used Mass Market
0 stars - 0 reviews
$4.95 In Stock
Product details 320 pages Pocket Books - English 9780671723224 Reviews:
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.