{"product_id":"wise-guy-9781982129903","title":"Wise Guy","description":"\u003cb\u003eNicholas 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\" (\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film masterpiece \u003ci\u003eGoodFellas, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich 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 \u003ci\u003eWiseguy \u003c\/i\u003eand overseeing all the unforgettable action. \"Nonstop...absolutely engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRead it and experience the secret life inside the mob--from one who's lived it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePileggi, Nicholas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nicholas Pileggi is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWiseguy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCasino\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlye: Private Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600024899858,"sku":"9781982129903","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f058029-1416-4c58-acf2-09d7a316a0a6.jpg?v=1732208271","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wise-guy-9781982129903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}