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Summary: A terrific ride
Review: After reading Wiseguy, I thought I would never be satisfied by another true-life mafia book again. Leave it to Pileggi to prove me wrong. Casino is not as good a book as Wiseguy, but I enjoyed hearing the story from many different sources (ie. Mafia team-members, FBI men, acquaintances). This helped to remind me that these were real people and these things were really happening. I don't believe that "Lefty" was an angel, and the testimonies by other people reinforced that belief. It's a shame that someone of such ability could sink so low in life and be treated like such a pariah for who he did business with. Allen Glick is another character that I was glad to learn more about after the ensuing scandal. Tony Spilotro got his come-uppance as should have been expected. If real-life crime fascinates you, Nicholas Pileggi is the author for you.
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Summary: Pretty good read.
Review: I am a mafia buff and since I had already seen "Casino" it had only made sense to read the book. The book itself is very informative but I don't suggest it to someone who has NOT seen the movie. It is not very fluid and you can get easily confused with who's who. The characters change very rapidly and it's hard to keep up. I found myself rereading passages just to make sure I had everything correct. All in all it was a good read and I do recommend it for all who are interested in the subject.
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Summary: Enjoyable Read
Review: I had to read the book after seeing the movie by the same name. It's interesting and well-written. Being a recreational gambler, I most enjoyed a statement from the author that went something like: "a casino is a financial institution specifically designed to separate a gambler from his money." So true.
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Summary: Casino
Review: I was really excited about reading this book. I was living in Vegas and working at a Caesars, so to read about the history and lore of the city was intriguing to me. Yet, this book was hard to finish, I had to force myself to read it. It did not captivate me and I did not care what became of the characters. It was less than enjoyable and I was greatly disappointed. I find the real life experience of living and working in Sin City to be much more fascinating than reading about it.
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Summary: The Olsen Casino Review
Review: If you want to know how the mob worked in the casino in the early 70's and 80's this book is it. Great book, loved it!
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Summary: Casino Review
Review: In the Desert of Las Vegas Nevada is where a lot of the problems of the heads of the Stardust casino are solved. The bright lights of Las Vegas do not shield the darkness of the desert surrounding it. In the novel Casino Nicholas Pileggi delves deep into the lives of the shady side of Las Vegas and the people who run it. The protagonist Frank AKA Lefty Rosenthal makes sure the readers understand that if you love someone you have to trust them with your life, with everything that you have because if you don't than what is the point of being in love. But Nicholas Pileggi puts in his own underlying message of in the life of a mobster you cannot trust anyone including your best friend and your wife. This book is full of non stop action and suspense. It gives you an inside look at the lives of the mobsters that made las vegas famous. I highly suggest readin Casino by Nicholas Pileggi.
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Summary: Pileggi Sans Scorsese
Review: My rating on this book is really a three and a half, if given the option to rate a half-star, that is. I enjoyed tremandously learning about the Teamsters, the politicians and of course the Mafia involvement in the Las Vegas casino operations. The book exceled in the abundance of information. However, the writing itself was not so great therefore lowering the reading experience. Just as in real life, when people tell you their side of the story, it hardly ever concurs with someone else's account. Since the book was really a collage of vaious narrations, the author had a hard time weaving together different points of views and tones. Sometimes readers are left wondering what really happened. I would recommend this book for people who are interested in information and stories regarding the Mafia. The topic is very interesting, but for those who prefers a bit more drama and fluency of writing, then this may not be your top choice.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Readers coming to this book from 'Wiseguy' will become aware of a major flaw in this account of organised crime's workings in Las Vegas from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Henry Hill was free to more or less spill the beans unguardedly and his candour and thrilling free-flowing narrative is exactly what key participants in this story still alive cannot give us (despite what the book's gushing blurb promises).This gives a patchy quality to much of the narrative and by the end the reader is left mulling as many unanswered questions as those the book attempts to amswer. There are fascinating aspects to the book (given the characters involved there could hardly not be) but ultimately the book fails to satisfy. A definitive volume on the history of Las Vegas and organised crime will surely come one day, but at the moment too many lips are zipped.
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Summary: At the end the writer misses the point
Review: The book is good at the beginning, I can't tell you that it goes out of the story because everything written in the book is related to the story, but some parts of the book are really boring.
Everybody knows that in Vegas the mob owns the hotels & casinos at least at first, but what I really don't believe is that the casinos now, at this moment are the cleanest business in the country, maybe they don't take the money as 30 years ago, but I'm sure that in Vegas are many tricks with the bets and the money no matter if now in Vegas have one theme park in every hotel & casino.
At the end of the book, if the wife of "lefty" Rosenthal was killed or not, who really cares?
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Summary: Olsen Reviewer is incorrect
Review: This book IS NOT fiction. It is the true story that the movie Casino was based on. In the book, the names have not been changed and there are a few more details than in the movie. If you like the movie, I suggest reading the book to get the whole picture of what went down.
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