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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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The Boston Globe
Wiseguys, wannabes
02/11/2008: 685 words, approx. 2 pages
Reading through that 170-page indictment aimed primarily at the Gambino crime family in New York the other day, it was hard not to feel a twinge of nostalgia. Among the 62 wiseguys and wannabes named were such luminaries as John "Johnny Red Rose"...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gay eye for the wiseguy
05/08/2004: 405 words, approx. 1 pages
Gay eye for the wiseguy 'Sopranos' breaks ground with 'outed' character By MICHELE MCPHEE New York Daily News Saturday, May 8, 2004 New York -- It's a first for "The Sopranos": a gay mobster. On last Sunday night's episode,...
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AP News
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 New York Observer
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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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi

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