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Love, greed and betrayal in the NEVADA mob. From Nicholas Pileggi, author of the bestselling "Wiseguy" -- the #1 bestseller that later became the hit movie "Goodfellas" -- comes this brilliantly told story of love, marriage, adultery, murder and revenge Mafia-style, the true story of the way the mob finally lost its stranglehold above the multi-billion-dollar casino gambling industry of NEVADA. No one understood more about casinos than Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best ally and spouse Anthony Spilotro practically "ran" NEVADA for the mob. For a long time it was the perfect layout -- Lefty provided the smarts and obsessive focus on aspect, while Tony ensured the bosses remained pleased with their weekly suitcases filled up with huge amount of money in skimmed cash. It had been so sweet it should have lasted forever, but Lefty's obsession with running the town -- and Tony's obsession with Lefty's beautiful showgirl partner Geri -- eventually led to the betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the biggest debacles in the mob's history. A real-life tale of love and betrayal occur America's favorite playground, "Casino" is a Mafia tragedy of Shakespearean sizes, as well as the within account of precisely how the mob lost control of the neon money-making machine it created.
