“For a guy who likes sure things, the casino business is the best in the world.”

About Nicholas Pileggi

Author • American

Nicholas Pileggi is a celebrated American author, journalist, and screenwriter renowned for his in-depth reporting on organized crime. His non-fiction book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family was famously adapted into the...

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