The original concept for Alto Knights has been discussed and passed around by different Hollywood production companies since as early as the 1970s, with many significant players opting to turn down the project. It is incredible to think that it took until 2022 for the green light to be given on the film, especially when one considers its successful sister movies in the genre. The official plot synopsis of Alto Knights reads as follows: While Pileggi sometimes includes contradictory testimony from antagonists to the criminals, he does not give any guideposts to let you know who is the bigger bull-crapper. Thus I am not sure how well researched this book is, though Pileggi seems to have have interviewed different people besides Rosenthal. And second is just how similar this story is to the movie. Honestly, even if you take the fact that this guys worked with Scorsese in the movie and the fact that these kind of writers always change a couple of details here and there for narrative purposes, it's pretty impressive how are entire scenes that were adapted completely untouched. I have never been very interested in the crime genre, both fiction and non-fiction. That being said, I could not put this book down (figuratively, since I listened to it). This book was recommended to me by my cousin, and even though it is non-fiction it read like a novel. It's crazy thinking that this is actually the story of someone's life.

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The story of Lefty Rosenthal, his wife Geri and his business partner Tony Spilotro is an explosive(that's a pun) tale. Geri & Tony had a years long affair and they in all likely hood blew up Lefty in his car. The mob was pissed that this affair was messing with their money and bodies started dropping.So, if like me, you’ve seen the film multiple times, is it worth reading the book? Probably not. It’s good but the overwhelming sense of familiarity makes it all feel very recognisable. That said, if you really love the film then you will inevitably still get quite a lot out of reading the book including quite a lot of interesting detail about what the authorities did leading up to Henry Hill's arrest, and the aftermath of his entry into the Federal Witness Program. Again, I don’t remember much about the movie but I got the impression that Rosenthal and Spilotro (I’ve been saying “Spiltoro” all these years, my bad) were closer than they actually were. One ran gambling, the other did robberies and they kind of interacted. Individually, their stories were interesting but really nothing special. And the heart of the tale: Geri, Rosenthal’s wife, was destructive and this played into his tendencies in what was an abusive, loveless marriage with two poor kids at the center of it. It was kind of sad more than anything. Pileggi does a good job of centering the story around mob activity in Vegas; that’s obviously why most of us are reading it anyway. But the real story is the triangle between those three and I just found that depressing. If you ask any mafia movie fan, they will likely tell you that a key ingredient to the success of the genre is the cast. These great mafia epics often recycle and share the same actors, which can sometimes make it feel like they all take place within the same cinematic universe. The wonderful Robert De Niro is one man in particular who has made an entire career out of movies within this genre. When one thinks of mafia movies, one thinks of De Niro and his incredible roles in Goodfellas, The Irishman, Casino, and many more. It wasn’t that Henry was a boss. And it had nothing to do with his lofty rank within a crime family or the easy viciousness with which hoods from Henry’s world are identified. Henry, in fact, was neither of high rank nor particularly vicious; he wasn’t even tough as far as the cops could determine. What distinguished Henry from most of the other wiseguys who were under surveillance was the fact that he seemed to have total access to all levels of the mob world.”