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Casino: The Rise and Fall of the Mob in Las Vegas

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Description for Casino: The Rise and Fall of the Mob in Las Vegas Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 432 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.

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 'the Ant' Spilotro, virtually ran Las Vegas for the mob. For years it was the perfect arrangement – Lefty provided the smarts, while Tony kept the bosses happy with weekly suitcases filled with millions in skimmed cash. It should have lasted forever but Lefty’s obsessions with running the town – and Tony’s obsession with Lefty’s beautiful showgirl wife, Geri – eventually ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785031540
SKU
V9781785031540
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98

About 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 ... Read more

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