Mob Girl

The Explosive True Story of the Woman Who Took on the Mafia

Mob Girl
Teresa Carpenter
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NZ$ 27.99
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 320pg
23 Jul 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780008398699
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Arlyne Brickman dated the wiseguys but she was wiser than them all. . . SOON BE A MAJOR FILM Born 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 Journal
Teresa 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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008398699
Published: 23 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 320

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