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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi

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2,248 words, approx. 8 pages
Vincent Michael "Vinnie" Terranova is an undercover agent in his late 20s to mid-30s. His job is to infiltrate criminal organizations, gather evidence, and then destroy the organization and bring the guilty parties to justice. At the beginning of the...


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NYC Mob war unlikely despite recent hits
6/9/2007: 611 words, approx. 2 pages
A pair of mob shootings in three days, one of them reminiscent of a hit on last week's episode of "The Sopranos," prompted speculation of a nascent Mafia war in New York City.Not likely, according to mob experts who say "The Life" _ as mobsters...
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The Big Schlep: Chabon\'d5s Alaskan Lantzmen
5/1/2007: 506 words, approx. 2 pages
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNIONBy Michael Chabon HarperCollins, 414 pages, $26.95 I’m not wild about hardboiled detective fiction. Raymond Chandler may paint a gritty world of hard-luck women, cigarettes and booze, but I still think he’s a lousy writer. Right now, perhaps because it’s spring, the...
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Reputed mobster charged at 96 in Florida
12/30/2006: 922 words, approx. 3 pages
Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Carlo Gambino are long gone. Murder Inc. is out of business. Las Vegas has been so cleaned up it resembles Disneyland. And Havana? Forget about it since Castro took over. But Albert "Chinky" Facchiano, at 96, is still standing. And...
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Is Scorsese's Oscar finally at hand?
2/22/2007: 952 words, approx. 3 pages
Among the five Academy Award directing nominees, one name seems to be on everyone's lips: Martin Scorsese.Nominated five times previously for best director since the 1980 masterpiece "Raging Bull," Scorsese has gone home a loser each year.With Scorsese's sixth directing nomination, this one for his...
 


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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi

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