Casino : the rise and fall of the mob in Las Vegas
Pileggi, Nicholas2015
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No one knew more about casinos than Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony 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 their 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 led to the betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the greatest debacles in mob history. This is the shattering inside account of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the neon money-making machine it created: the multibillion-dollar casino gambling industry of Las Vegas.
Main title:
Casino : the rise and fall of the mob in Las Vegas / Nicholas Pileggi.
Author:
Pileggi, Nicholas, author
Imprint:
London : Ebury Press, 2015.
Collation:
420 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781785031540 (pbk)9781473528376 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
364.1'06'09793135
Language:
English
Related title:
Casino : love and honor in Las Vegas
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BRN:
90482
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