I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
'I heard you paint houses' ar ethe 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 War 2. After returning home he became a hustler and a hit man, working for legenday crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that he was named as one of only two non-Italians on a list of the twenty-six most wanted Mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he refused, he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes brand new information on other famous murders, and provides rare insight to an infamous chapter in US and Mafia history. This is a page turner that is destined to become a true-crime classic.
On July 30, 1975, Hoffa disappearedSheeran explains how he did it in prose reminiscent of the best gangster films. - The Associated PressBrandt's book gives new meaning to the term "guilty pleasure." - The New York TimesTold with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical. - New York Daily News'A compelling history of violence in America ... a brilliantly frightening portrait of a period that has not yet ended. - The West Australian
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780340993873 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340993871 |
| Title | I Heard You Paint Houses |
| Author | Charles Brandt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2009-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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