The Irishman. I heard you paint houses

"I heard you paint houses" — in Mafia language means "I heard you kill people". The term "paint" refers to blood. This is the rare case where Mafia bosses acknowledged a book about themselves as truthful, — the hitman of one of the "families" Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran spoke about his life just before his death. Experienced prosecutors and FBI agents listened to his stories with bated breath. For the first time, a criminal of this level broke "omertà" — the law of silence. A juvenile delinquent during the Great Depression, the first whiff of blood in World War II, an accidental entry into the closed world of the Italian-American Mafia, from which exit is more costly than entry — when you have to choose between your life and the life of your best friend. A documentary saga about the legendary era of the 1950s-1970s, when the Mafia fought for power in America, bribing some and eliminating others. Why was President Kennedy killed and why did everyone lose because of it? Who was the prototype of the Godfather in the famous movie? Who dealt with the main union boss and billionaire Jimmy Hoffa — a posthumous hero of the fourth film adaptation? And what made his killer Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran come to a confessional of redemption? Engaging and thrilling, Charles Brandt's book became an instant classic in the true crime genre.