Handsome Johnny
The Criminal Life of Johnny Rosselli, The Mob’s Man in Hollywood
$45.31
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2018
Summary
The untold story of the legendary mobster with nuclear-powered charm, who started out in Chicago speakeasies, controlled Golden Age Hollywood, ran the Las Vegas strip and infiltrated the JFK-era White House as a hired killer.
‘A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.’
- Al Capone
A man of singular influence in the American underworld, Johnny Rosselli’s career flourished for half a century, from the bloody years of bootlegging in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753522301 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753522306 |
| Author: | Lee Server |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
The incredible life of Handsome Johnny, a gangster worthy of the movies….Server’s biography not only provides a window into Rosselli’s life but also contextualizes a time when Hollywood, politics and organized crime were inextricably linked. * The Washington Post *
Written in the snappy style of a hardboiled detective novel…an in-depth history of the growth, development and eventual decline of organized crime in America. * The Economist *
A definitive rags-to-riches biography… Paced like a fine piece of fiction, this is a handsomely written chronicle of an interesting mob character. * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Lee Server
Lee Server is the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed biographies Robert Mitchum- Baby, I Don’t Care and Ava Gardner- Love is Nothing. Robert Mitchum was named a Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, ‘The film biography of the year’ by the Sunday Times and Book of the Year by Uncut magazine. A graduate of New York University film school, Server has worked as a screenwriter, documentary maker and journalist.
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