Casino
The Rise and Fall of the Mob in Las Vegas
$41.89
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2015
Summary
From Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy – the No. 1 bestseller that became Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-winning film Goodfellas – comes the classic true story of love, marriage, adultery, murder, and revenge in Las Vegas… Mafia-style.
The Stardust… The Fremont… The Marina. They ran them all. And they lost. Big time.
No one knew more about casinos than Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony ‘th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785031540 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785031546 |
| Author: | Nicholas Pileggi |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Nicholas Pileggi
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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