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Casino

By: Nicholas Pileggi
Narrated by: Ron Leibman, Fred Neumann, Ken Weitzman
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Publisher's summary

From Nicholas Pileggi, author of the best-selling Wiseguy -- the #1 best seller that later became the hit movie Goodfellas -- comes this brilliantly told tale of love, marriage, adultery, murder and revenge Mafia-style, the true story of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the multi-billion-dollar casino gambling industry of Las Vegas.

No one knew more about casinos than Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, 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 and obsessive attention to detail, while Tony made sure the bosses stayed happy with their weekly suitcases filled with millions of dollars in skimmed cash. It was so sweet 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 the mob's history.

A real-life story of love and betrayal set in America's favorite playground, Casino is a Mafia tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, as well as the inside account of just how the mob lost control of the neon money-making machine it created.

©1995 Nicholas Pileggi (P)2004 Simon & Schuster
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Amazing

It was a little difficult as they changed the names in the Movie, but the story is real and accurate. I enjoyed the changing of narrators as it made it easier to keep up.

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It’s the movie in spoken words

Casino is one of my favorite movies!!! It’s kind of nice to already have characters in your head to match to the characters.

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Too short

Would have loved the unabridged version! Also, the really loud jazz riffs in between the chapters was a tad obnoxious (volume would be at low listening level then out of nowhere blast the music loudly!)
Love the story, but I feel a bit robbed that it was too short!

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While this is an overall good production, it is too abridged.

I would have enjoyed more of this story in the abridged format. I hope that may happen at some point in time.

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Very entertaining !!!

Very well, written, and extremely entertaining!!! I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the historical background associated with Las Vegas. 

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Too Abridged

Excellent book however this version is too abridged to bother getting invested in. Watch the film instead. Until the unabridged version is released this is probably not worth your time.

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Good Odds You'll Enjoy

Short, but compelling. If "Casino" had the length and detail of "Wiseguy", Pileggi would have another masterpiece. I feel there's more to this story that could have been fleshed out.

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Casino very close to the movie

I wanted to learn more about the actual events of the casino movie. This was very informative. A great quick read to one of my favorite movies. I enjoyed it.

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Great Book

This is a great book that goes into more detail than the movie Casino does. It also corrects a few mistakes the movie has at the end, and gives another view on who might have bombed the car Lefty. It was the first audio book I listened to in full. It was great.

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Amazing!!

I love this book so much. It’s very interesting hearing the real story and little details that didn’t make the movie. It helps you really understand the movie a lot better.

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