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The Way of the Wiseguy: The FBI's Most Famous Undercover Agent Cracks the Mob Mind Paperback - 2005

by Joe Pistone

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New in paperback with a 60-minute audio CD featuring dramatic FBI surveillance from the Donnie Brasco operation, which was used in court to put 120 Mafia members in jail, this is the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his "New York Times" #1 bestseller and hit movie.

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Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco. Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy.The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including "How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit," "How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out," and "A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy." Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse.

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This one poor bastard, he did something to make wiseguys think he was a rat.

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  • Title The Way of the Wiseguy: The FBI's Most Famous Undercover Agent Cracks the Mob Mind
  • Author Joe Pistone
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition PAP/COM
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Running Press Adult, London, United Kingdom
  • Publication date 2005-04-13
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780762423842 / 0762423846
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 5.68 x 0.62 in (23.44 x 14.43 x 1.57 cm)
  • Category True Crime / Espionage
  • Library of Congress subjects Organized crime, Criminal psychology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003109166
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.3

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  • Ingram Advance, 04/01/2005, Page 111

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Joseph D. Pistone is the legendary FBI Special Agent who put his life on the line to infiltrate the U.S. Mafia for six years, resulting in the convictions of over 200 mobsters. He lives in an undisclosed location.
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