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.