Nicholas Pileggi

Casino

The Rise and Fall of the Mob in Las Vegas
Nicholas Pileggi

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Produktbeschreibung

For years, Lefty provided the smarts, while Tony kept the bosses happy with weekly suitcases filled with millions in skimmed cash. Lefty's obsessions with running the town and Tony's obsession with Lefty's beautiful showgirl wife, Geri eventually led to betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the greatest scandals in mob history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ebury Press / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 232807
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 123mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 297g
• ISBN-13: 9781785031540
• ISBN-10: 1785031546
• Artikelnr.: 42679575

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Pileggi has been a journalist and writer covering crime, politics and corruption in New York since 1956. In 1986 he wrote 'Wiseguy' which he developed into the Academy Award-winning screenplay for 'Goodfellas' (1990) with Martin Scorsese. Pileggi followed that success with 'Casino' (1995) (also with Scorsese) and has since written and produced several other crime-based films and TV. He was married to fellow author and screenwriter Nora Ephron until her death in 2002.

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