by Nicholas Pileggi · RBA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447313587
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«Casino» is the true crime book by Nicholas Pileggi, published by RBA in hardcover (247 pages, in Spanish).
Nicholas Pileggi reconstructs the true story that inspired the famous movie, with the names of the real protagonists and the inner workings of the mafia. The account, documentary in nature, delves into the world of casinos and organized crime, showing how gambling and money pulled the strings in Las Vegas.
The translation is by Carme Geronés and Carlos Urritz; the 1998 edition belongs to the Grandes Éxitos collection from RBA.
For readers of true crime and for those who want to discover the facts that inspired the movie.
Nicholas Pileggi is an American author, screenwriter, film producer and journalist. He is the widower of director and journalist Nora Ephron. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
