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Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas Mass Market Paperback – June 28, 2011

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From Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy —the #1 bestseller that became Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award–winning film GoodFellas—comes the brilliantly told true story of love, marriage, adultery, murder, and revenge, Mafia-style . . . the shattering inside account of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the neon money-making machine it created: the multibillion-dollar casino gambling industry of Las Vegas.

CASINO

No one knew more about casinos than Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony Spilotro, virtually ran Las Vegas for the mob. For years, it was the perfect arrangement—Lefty provided the smarts, while Tony kept the bosses happy with their weekly suitcases filled with millions in skimmed cash. It should have lasted forever, but Lefty’s obsession with running the town—and Tony’s obsession with Lefty’s beautiful showgirl wife, Geri—eventually led to the betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the greatest debacles in mob history.
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Nicholas Pileggi is the bestselling author of Wiseguy, Casino, and Blye: Private Eye. He lives in New York.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451635672
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451635676
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.13 x 1 x 7.5 inches
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JFK
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024
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Even if you say the movie, get this book. It's hard to put down!
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4.0 out of 5 stars New Ride
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I read Wiseguy from Nicholas Pileggi and loved the book, though it was spot on with the movie Goodfellas with a few minor exceptions. The book Casino does however differ greatly from the movie of the same name, so it was much more enjoyable for me. Certainly the basics are still there, but many additional stories, altered stories and the timeline is a little off from the movie. Pileggi writes well and does great research. If you want to have more fun look up the real life people portrayed by Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone. It was amazing that Pesci and Stone looked just like the real life people. DeNiro wasn't even close, but he did a good job.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the movie doesn’t come close to the book
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2023
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I’ve seen the movie twice and now read the book for a second time. The movie is to easy on Lefty and Geri. I guess if the movie told the real story it would turn the public away from watching when it originally came out. It’s such an eye opening read about Vegas right about when I started going there. Honestly I liked Vegas better then than I do now
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5.0 out of 5 stars Casino
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2023
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Absolutely could not stop reading this! Loved it and better than the movie...at least as good as the movie! Loved it!
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P. Andersen
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but no photos??!!.
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023
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I like the book, it's interesting and more informative than the movie. The problem is why no photos??.

I think adding photos, especially to this kind of book makes it easier to put a real face to the real people
the people in the book, like Rosenthal and his wife Geri, were better looking than the actors that played them. His wife Geri, was in my opinion much prettier and shapelier than actress Sharon Stone. You can find plenty of photos on YouTube on the channel: Exclusive Mafia. Frank Rosenthal: From Casino Boss to FBI informant.
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Dee Dawkins
5.0 out of 5 stars The book is better than the movie.
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022
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I have seen the movie about a half dozen times. This the second time I have read the book. Anyone who likes books about tho criminal underworld really needs to read this story.I has a lot of back ground that the movie doesn't have. Frank some how survived to tell his story. He is very fortunate. Now on to the next book .
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4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling read
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2018
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Given Casino is one of my favorite movies, I thought I should at least read the book. It flows very well but I did find it hard to remember who was talking at some points. A lot of characters sometimes made it hard to follow. But, congratulations to Mr Pileggi for documenting a very interesting part of Las Vegas history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars DVD or book? Get both!
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2017
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I have enjoyed watching Casino 5 or 6 times, no one would argue it is a masterpiece, however, Pileggi's book discloses so much more, fleshing out the characters, revealing their true natures and interrelationships. Until reading the book, I always felt sympathy for Rothstien (Rosenthal), a perfectionistic genius whose only real crime seemed to be turning a blind eye to the skimming (maybe the investors lost a bit, but everyone "got fat")..........Instead he was quite ruthless and had no problem threatening the Stardust's owner, Glick, with death. Birds of a feather, and all that. Soon, anyone who presents a problem for Glick dies, because of the connection between the Teamsters' loan that financed Glick's purchase of the casinos and the skim. It is an incredible story, and if the movie intrigues you, you may really appreciate the added details provided by the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Knüller
Reviewed in Germany on May 31, 2023
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War schon so dermaßen begeistert vom Film, aber (wie fast immer) setzt das Buch noch so einen drauf, dass man es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen kann und in einem Satz verschlingen will!

Viel zu wenig beachtetes Meisterwerk, von dem man nicht nur die kultige Verfilmung kennen sollte!

Unbedingte Kaufempfehlung für kleines Geld gebraucht noch dazu 👌
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Derrick Neal
5.0 out of 5 stars Casino !
Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2019
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This was a great book. Even better than the movie based on this book . I am very happy with this purchase.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 中古だけども、問題なし
Reviewed in Japan on February 11, 2019
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外見で、中古品であるとわかる状態。
購読すには何も問題なさそうなので、満足しています。
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Dryline
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in Australia on January 27, 2019
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If you've seen the movie, read the book.
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VIVEK SHIVDASANI
5.0 out of 5 stars The movie is better then the book
Reviewed in India on November 10, 2016
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The book is very good but the movie "CASINO" based on this book is even better. A lot of glamour, fascination and nostalgia is attached to the old Mafia which is undeserved.
We are talking here of criminals who grew up in poor neighbourhoods and began stealing and robbing at a very young age. Most of them were illiterate.

Cosa Nostra and the code of Omertà come to life in this story.
After reading this book you will be revolted and come to realise that the Mafia is garbage raised to the power of infinity.
What is really amazing is that how can the American people be so tolerant and lenient to these sort of criminals.

The mafia deserve to be dealt with in a very brutal and severe manner. On a more pleasing note- all the villains in this true story come to a very sorry end. The chief villain and his brother are bludgeoned and buried alive in their grave. Wow! That's what I call a happy ending.
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