The Irishman. I heard you paint houses

"I heard you paint houses" — in mafia language means "I heard you kill people". "Painting" refers to blood. This is one of the rare cases where mafia bosses acknowledged a book about themselves as true, — the in-house hitman of one of the "families" Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran spoke about his life before his death. Experienced prosecutors and FBI agents listened to his stories with bated breath. For the first time, a criminal of such a high level broke the "omertà" — the code of silence. A delinquent youth during the Great Depression, the first smell of blood in World War II, a chance entry into the closed world of the Italian-American mafia, from which getting out is more costly than getting in — 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 assassinated and why did everyone lose because of it? Who was the prototype of the Godfather in the famous film? Who dealt with the main union boss and billionaire Jimmy Hoffa – the posthumous hero of the fourth adaptation? And what made his killer Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran come to a redemptive confession? Engaging and gripping, Charles Brandt's book became an instant classic in the true crime genre.