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 | Authors: Nicholas Pileggi, Larry Shandling Publisher: Simon & Schuster Category: Book List Price: Buy Used: $2.59 You Save: $21.41 (89%) New (8) Used (35) Collectible (9) from $2.59 Rating:  36 reviewsSales Rank: 178584 Media: Hardcover Pages: 368 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 ISBN: 0684808323 Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1060973135 EAN: 9780684808321 ASIN: 0684808323 Publication Date: October 12, 1995 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Condition: While most of the books offered by Bayfront Books are better than simply "Good," some of these books may show some damage to their dust jackets (where applicable), may have spines showing signs of wear, and may include limited notations and highlighting. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Review The author of the best-selling Wiseguy gives us this true and brilliantly-told story of love, marriage, adultery, murder, revenge, and how it led to the Mafia's finally losing its stranglehold on the Las Vegas casinos. Product Description The author of the best-seller, Wiseguy, traces the alliance of Lefty Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro, which ran the Mafia in Las Vegas and ended in adultery, murder, and revenge. 200,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Movie tie-in. | |||||||||||||||||||
Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews... Not What Expected! March 18, 2008OldArkie 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Very disappointed as the book is more like a movie script (i.e. "He enters the room, voice over") This makes it very dull and I couldn't get into the book altho I tried several times.  Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas June 5, 2007Paul J. Ciampi 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Book came in the time frame and in the condition specified. Absolutely Fascinating March 8, 2007I. Shkurti (Montreal, QC, Canada) It has been a long time since I fell on such a good book. Interesting characters intertwine in a decisive decade for Vegas. The story is based on the real life of Frank (Lefty) Rosenthal who left his mark in the gambling industry. Money, power, greed, lust, and crime with flair intertwine in seventies' Sin City. Pileggi is a natural born story-teller who knows how to make it all work and keep you glued to the book with every turn of the page. The writing is style is spot on. It's so hard to find contemporary literature written with such a simple language, yet capable of conveying an intriguing story. The fact that I had only seen bits and pieces of the movie, also helped. I could place the faces of De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone behind the characters while still enjoying the novelty of getting acquainted with the story for the real time. I would recommend this to anybody who is interested in recent history, the mob, and the gambling industry overall. Great piece on the mob and its Vegas heyday May 22, 2006Scott Hedegard (Fayetteville, AR USA) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Perhaps a little more well known for "Wiseguys", the book that became the movie "Goodfellas", Nicholas Pileggi is as good as they get when it comes to writing about the Mafia, its people and the drama of living the life. It is unfortunate that he doesn't work very fast - more books would be welcome. "Casino" is the true story of Vegas in its heyday prior to the mega resort/casinos we see today, like Excalibur, New York New York, The Luxor, etc. Before large corporations turned Las Vegas into a theme park with casinos, the Chicago mob pretty much controlled the then famous casinos of the day, like the Stardust, where the movie "Casino" disguises it with the fictional name of The Tangier. Skimming the profits was the mob's business. Perhaps the greatest handicapper of all time, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, ran three major casinos and ran them well. Chicago sent out the legendary Tony Spilotro to keep an eye on "Lefty" and protect him and the moolah. Spilotro, however, had ideas of his own and soon became mired in a horrendous mess, dragging Rosenthal and eventually all the mob controlled casinos to their demise with him. Rosenthal still lives, and even has a web site, but Spilotro at books' end learns the hard way that being insubordinate to the mob and skimming their skim has dire consequences. Pileggi is a master at showing a picture of the lives of these people, the shady deals, the threats from every corner, from the state, other criminals and the Mob, and how difficult life is for those who choose the gambling scene as a way of life. It's morbid but fascinating reading. A must for fans of organized crime books. a great read!! July 2, 20052 out of 3 found this review helpful This book is really great.Hate to tell that jackass who wrote the olsen casino review but its a non fiction story and it was written long before the movie came out. Anyone interested in the mob or vegas will love this book! | |||||||||||||||||||
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