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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Download audiobooks from any site in any of the supported formats.
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Live sound processing
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Listening to fiction
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience
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