Wiseguy

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non-fiction book true-crime book

Wiseguy is a true-crime book by Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of mob associate Henry Hill and the inner workings of the American Mafia.

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Label	Occurrences
Wiseguy canonical	2
Wiseguy (book)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	non-fiction book ⓘ true-crime book ⓘ
adaptedInto	Goodfellas NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Nicholas Pileggi NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	life of Henry Hill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed ⓘ
describesEvent	Air France robbery ⓘ Lufthansa heist NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1990 ⓘ
focusesOn	FBI informants ⓘ Lucchese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ organized crime ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ
hasOCLCNumber	12080232 ⓘ
influenced	true-crime literature about the American Mafia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person account via interviews ⓘ
notableCharacter	Henry Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ James Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Vario NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	criminal enterprises such as hijacking and drug dealing ⓘ day-to-day life of mobsters ⓘ inner workings of the American Mafia ⓘ
publicationYear	1985 ⓘ
publisher	Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setInLocation	Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ early 1980s ⓘ
subtitle	Life in a Mafia Family NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	loyalty and betrayal ⓘ rise and fall of a mob associate ⓘ violence in organized crime ⓘ witness protection ⓘ
title	Wiseguy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Goodfellas → basedOn → Wiseguy ⓘ

Paul Guilfoyle → appearedIn → Wiseguy ⓘ

Henry Hill in Goodfellas → adaptedFrom → Wiseguy ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Hill (Goodfellas)

this entity surface form: Wiseguy (book)