![]() ![]() ![]() The dedication and detail that went into writing Wiseguy is nothing short of amazing. Both the book and the film use verbatim quotes from Hill, who dictated his story while an informant in the FBI’s Witness Protection Program. The perfect melding of page to screen is to be expected, as Pileggi co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas (he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay). ![]() ![]() It is laid out much like the film, in a linear fashion and mostly from its subject’s point of view. The book is authored by Nicholas Pileggi, who got his start as a hard-news reporter and knew a lot about the politics and crimes of the east coast Mafia. It’s a true-crime classic, so I was eager to see how it unfolded. While I have seen the movie Goodfellas (1990, directed by Martin Scorsese) countless times, for whatever reason, I’d never picked up the book Wiseguy-until now. In particular, Henry Hill became a pop-culture legend when his story was made into a book and a film-both of which have aged well. Instead of covering something new or upcoming, I’m going to take you back to the bloody 80s and 90s when wiseguys ruled the bestseller list and the box-office. – Henry Hill, as told to Nicholas Pileggi Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. ![]()
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