ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES
New York Times Bestseller
Now a major motion picture directed by Academy Award(R) winner Martin
Scorsese, starring Academy Award(R) winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino,
Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, and Academy Award(R) nominee Harvey Keitel, and
written by Academy Award(R) winner Steven Zaillian.
The Irishman "gives new meaning to the term 'guilty pleasure.''' --
Bryan Burrough, author of Public Enemies, in The New York Times Book
Review
"Told with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos
suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical." --New York Daily News
"A terrific read." --Kansas City Star
Includes an Epilogue and a Conclusion that detail substantial
post-publication corroboration of Frank Sheeran's revelations about the
killings of Jimmy Hoffa, Joey Gallo and JFK.
The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told
through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and
hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside
some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning
decades, Sheeran's story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved
mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss
Jimmy Hoffa, and it offers a monumental journey through the hidden
corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and
connections to mainstream politics. Sheeran would rise to a position of
such prominence that in a RICO suit against The Commission of La Cosa
Nostra, the US Government would name him as one of only two non-Italians
in conspiracy with the Commission. Sheeran is listed alongside the likes
of Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano and Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno.
In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews, Sheeran
confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits
for the mob, and Brandt turned Sheeran's story into a page-turning true
crime classic.
