I Heard You Paint Houses
Now Filmed as The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese
$27.54
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2010
Summary
‘I heard you paint houses’ are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank ‘the Irishman’ Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the wall and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the Mob, and for his friend Hoffa.
Sheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat during World …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444710502 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444710508 |
| Author: | Charles Brandt |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 133mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Told with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical.
On July 30, 1975, Hoffa disappeared. Sheeran explains how he did it in prose reminiscent of the best gangster films. - The Associated Press
Brandt’s book gives new meaning to the term “guilty pleasure.” - New York TimesTold with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical. - New York Daily News**** - MetroAbout The Author
Charles Brandt
Born and raised in New York, Charles Brandt is a former high school teacher, welfare investigator and homicide prosecutor. He has been named by his peers as one of the best lawyers in America. He now lives in Delaware with his family.
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