Wiseguy (book)

Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family
OCLC	12558700
Dewey Decimal	364.15092

Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime

Oscar–winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Summary

Henry Hill began his life of crime at age 11 in 1955, by working as a go-fer for Paul Vario, the local boss of Hill's working-class Irish/Italian neighborhood. Vario quickly "promoted" Hill to selling loose cigarettes and other stolen goods on his behalf. In 1959, Hill was arrested for the first time for using stolen credit cards. Hill refused to cooperate with the police, earning the respect of Vario and Vario's close associate, hijacker and fence Jimmy Burke.

In 1960, when Hill was 17, he enlisted in the

Fort Bragg in North Carolina, however, Hill continued his criminal activities, which led to his dishonorable discharge in 1963. He returned to the streets of New York

, where he was happily welcomed back by Vario and Burke.

In 1964, Hill met

eloped

only four months after meeting. They had their first child, Gregg, in 1966, and a second, Gina, in 1968.

In 1969, Hill began an affair with Linda Coppociano behind Karen's back and invested the profits of his crimes into purchasing a restaurant/lounge called The Suite. It was there that, on June 11, 1970, Burke and DeSimone murdered William Bentvena (also known as William "Billy Batts" Devino), a made man with the Gambino crime family and a close friend of Gambino family captain John Gotti.

In 1978, Burke masterminded a robbery of the Lufthansa cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport after being tipped off to the lax security by an inside man. The heist was carried out by DeSimone and Burke's associates Robert "Frenchy" McMahon and Montague Montemurro in December of that year.

In 1980, Hill got arrested for heroin trafficking, and, knowing that he was facing a long sentence and also that Burke and Vario were planning to kill him, decided to become an

Witness Protection Program

.

References

^ Patrick, Vincent (January 26, 1986). "NOT-SO-ORGANIZED CRIME". The New York Times.
^ "Goodfellas (1990) Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.
^ Canby, Vincent (September 19, 1990). "Goodfellas (1990) Review/Film; A Cold-Eyed Look at the Mob's Inner Workings". The New York Times.

External links

Pileggi, Nicholas (September 1990). Wiseguy. Simon and Schuster.
ISBN 9780671723224
.

[1] Patrick, Vincent (January 26, 1986). "NOT-SO-ORGANIZED CRIME". The New York Times.

[2] "Goodfellas (1990) Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.

[3] Canby, Vincent (September 19, 1990). "Goodfellas (1990) Review/Film; A Cold-Eyed Look at the Mob's Inner Workings". The New York Times.

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