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11. "I Heard You Paint Houses" by Charles Brandt

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 02:39 AM

Feb 2019

A movie based on this book is coming out in mi-2019, starring Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, the main character.

Sheeran was a close friend and confidant of Jimmy Hoffa. The book centers on Hoffa's disappearance, and you learn Sheeran knows lots about it. You'll learn Hoffa had lots of enemies, and most of them were not the kind of guys you'd want to be crossways with.

It was hard to put down. If you like books about the mob, you'll love this one.

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