If you're looking to check all the Pileggi titles off your reading list, go ahead an initiate that inter-library loan. If you're looking for something to clue you in to the methods of current private investigators, look elsewhere. Pileggi doesn't really delve into the realities that surveillance can be the most boring and often thankless task that it is - yet you have to put in the time and really watch lest your target slip away. Some of the methods such as social engineering, schmoozing still apply. Nicholas Pileggi’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hillthe working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that to be a wiseguy was to own the world, who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster’s lifehas been hailed as the best book ever written on organized crime (Cosmopolitan). Nicholas Pileggi GoodFellas (Based on the Book 'Wiseguy' by Nicholas Pileggi) Paperback Novemby Martin Scorsese (Author), Nicholas Pileggi (Author), Timothy Bricknell (Introduction) 32 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 14.95 16 Used from 1.68 4 New from 10.95 5 Collectible from 15. It's still somewhat interesting, at least from the standpoint of learning how it WAS done-40 years ago. Laws meant to increase privacy and protect people from stalkers as well as the rise of the Internet have rendered many if not most of the methods moot. The biggest downfall, at least today, is that the methods described here are way out of date. Wiseguy and Casino are two of my all-time favorite books-page turners I could not put down.
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