Audiobook Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi in the ListenBook app
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Book description
October 17, 2023
Just finished listening to Wiseguy on audiobook. Honestly, it hit harder than I expected. Pileggi didn't just write a book; he handed us Henry Hill's voice, raw and unfiltered, through the speaker. That opening line - "I'm Henry Hill" - it's not just the Goodfellas hook. Hearing it read aloud, with Hill's own words, it's like someone slid a cold, wet towel over your face. You're suddenly in the room, smelling the stale beer and fear.
The audiobook's genius is how it makes the mundane terrifying. Not just the hits or the heists, but the routine of it all. The way Hill describes picking up his wife for a drive, casually mentioning a hit he just ordered, then complaining about her new dress. It's chilling how normal it all felt to him. The spending sprees, the mistresses, the loyalty oaths - it's all laid bare, not as glamour, but as a suffocating, violent code. You hear the exhaustion in Hill's voice when he talks about the constant fear, the way a single wrong word could end you. Pileggi's journalism background shines; he doesn't moralize. He just lets Hill's words do the work, and the horror is undeniable.
Listening, I kept thinking about how Scorsese got it right. The film's power comes straight from this book, and hearing it narrated - Hill's own story, told to Pileggi - makes the movie feel like a ghost of the real thing. The violence isn't cartoonish; it's the quiet, brutal reality of a life lived on borrowed time. The intimacy is the thing. You hear the hesitation when Hill talks about his wife, the casual cruelty when he dismisses a rival. It's not about the Mafia; it's about a man who chose a cage, then spent his life trying to escape it, only to find the bars were inside him. This audiobook isn't just history. It's a warning whispered in the dark, and it's impossible to forget. You won't just read about Henry Hill. You'll hear him. And that's the real, unsettling power of this story.
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Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
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