by Nicholas Pileggi · Quaterni · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493777074
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«Casino: amor y honor en Las Vegas» is the true crime chronicle by Nicholas Pileggi, published by Quaterni in paperback (328 pages, in Spanish).
The book reconstructs the real story of Frank «Lefty» Rosenthal and Anthony «the Ant» Spilotro, who tried to dominate the Las Vegas casinos for the mafia. The empire they built crumbles due to ambition, jealousy, and violence; the chronicle inspired the movie by Martin Scorsese.
It is part of the Best-sellers de otro tiempo collection. The translation is by José García Fuentes and the original was published in 1995.
It is suitable reading for fans of real mafia stories and for those who have seen the movie of the same name by Martin Scorsese.
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.
