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- Wiseguy, by Nicholas Pileggi, is a gripping account of Henry Hill's involvement in the criminal underworld. The narrative traces Hill's descent from an awestruck child into a key member of the Vario crew, skillfully navigating airport heists and the infamous Lufthansa robbery. Pileggi offers an intimate view beyond the romanticized facade.
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Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate turned informant. The book is the basis for the 1990 Oscar –winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese .
Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.
Jan 20, 2017 · For anyone who hasn’t seen GoodFellas (or read Wiseguy), Hill was an Irish-Italian New Yorker who became a small-time gangster as a teenager, and grew up to become involved in many of the...
Jan 1, 2001 · “Wiseguy” tells the story of the life of career criminal Henry Hill, well known in the film “Goodfellas,” which is based upon this book. As with many books that go to films, the inner details add depth to Hill’s story and give the reader a better feel for the disturbing and violent life he lead.
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Wiseguy, by Nicholas Pileggi, is a gripping account of Henry Hill's involvement in the criminal underworld. The narrative traces Hill's descent from an awestruck child into a key member of the Vario crew, skillfully navigating airport heists and the infamous Lufthansa robbery.
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Aug 1, 2014 · So Wiseguy is the life story of Henry Hill, a mobster from the 1950s to the 1980s who got caught and eventually turned evidence against his friends in exchange for entry into a Witness...
"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...