Wiseguy [abridged]

  • Author: Nicholas Pileggi
  • Narrator: Nicholas Pileggi
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 3:04:15
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Synopsis

Nicholas Pileggi’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill—the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that “to be a wiseguy was to own the world,” who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster’s life—has been hailed as “the best book ever written on organized crime” (Cosmopolitan).

This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s 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 Feds…with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. “Nonstop...absolutely engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review).

Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob—from one who’s lived it.

Chapters

  • WiseGuy 01 WiseGuys

    Duration: 23min
  • WiseGuy 02 OnHenrys

    Duration: 15min
  • WiseGuy 03 HenryAndI

    Duration: 26min
  • WiseGuy 04 In1959

    Duration: 18min
  • WiseGuy 05 HenryHadBeen

    Duration: 17min
  • WiseGuy 06 HenryWasOut

    Duration: 21min
  • WiseGuy 07 ForTheMedia

    Duration: 18min
  • WiseGuy 08 NowIWas

    Duration: 19min
  • WiseGuy 09 IKnewThat

    Duration: 21min