Arlyne Brickman date the wiseguys, but she was wiser than them all…Arlyne Brickman date the wiseguys, but she was wiser than them all…SOON BE A MAJOR FILMBorn in 1934, the daughter of a Jewish mobster, Arlyne Brickman (then Weiss) grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She idolised gangster’s moll Virginia Hill and apsired to the same glamorous life.Addicted to the rush of danger and lawlessness, Brickman became involved with a succession of wiseguys, including Joe Colombo and Bonanna hitman Tony Mirra. But when a crew of loan sharks threatened her daughter, she turned informant.Wearing a wire for the FBI, she emerged as a key witness in the case against the Colombo crime family and ultimately brought down one of its top lieutenants, Anthony Scarpati.Mob Girl, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Teresa Carpenter, is a gripping insider account of a woman’s life in the New York underworld that reveals how you get out when you’re in too deep.‘The female counterpart of the pseudonymous Henry Hill, the star of Wiseguy. . . . An insider's view of mob life that is by turns comic and chilling.’ The Los Angeles Times‘A chronicle of savage callousness in a world where bestial behavior is commonplace. . . . Carpenter's complexly detailed characterization of Brickman is powerful.’ The Chicago Tribune‘Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carpenter has done a superb rendering of Brickman's story. . . . Vividly re-creates Brickman's exhilaration over her triumphs and pain over her defeats in her pursuit of the mob girl lifestyle.’ Library JournalTeresa Carpenter, editor of New York Diaries: 1609-2009, is a former senior editor of the Village Voice where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize. She is the bestselling author of four books and lives in New York City with her husband, author Steven Levy, a senior writer at Wired magazine.• Originally published in 1992, this eye-opening account of life with the mob from a female perspective will be a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Paolo Sorrentino (The Young Pope, Youth starring Michael Caine)• Written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Teresa Carpenter in collaboration with Arlyne Weiss herself.• The story takes us through the 40s to the 80s, offering a post me-too generation a vivid insight into life as a woman in the most vicious of crime circles.• Comparable titles include: Mafia Princess 12.5k (tcm) & Donnie Brasco 25.7k (tcm)• This will be a thrilling summer read at the height of the true crime craze, followed by a movie tie-in further down the line.• There is a possibility Jennifer Lawrence will read the audio book.Competition: Mafia Princess;The Five;My Life with Murderers;I Heard You Paint Houses;The Irishman;The Stranger Beside Me;The Real Peaky Blinders;Godfather;Pablo Escobar;Underworld;Mob Boss. by Marisa Merico;Martina Cole;David Wilson;Erwin James;Carl Chinn;Freddie Foreman;Charles Brandt;Nicholas Pileggi
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