The Good Guys (Abridged) Audiobook, by Bill Bonanno Play Audiobook Sample

The Good Guys (Abridged) Audiobook

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Read By: Stephen Hoye Publisher: Hachette Book Group Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0 hours and 00 min. at 1.5x Speed 0 hours and 00 min. at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2005 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781594831348

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* Chain-smoking Mickey Fists isn’t sure if he’s an “addict” or an “attic.” * The Freemont Avenue Social Club is on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy. So are the best wiretaps FBI money can buy. * Skinny Al weighed 320 pounds and lived life to the fullest…until someone burned out his eardrums and shot his body full of holes. Hundreds of writers have tried to capture life inside the mob, but no one has ever had the inside access to write a book like this one. Drawing on the firsthand experience of former undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone-aka Donnie Brasco-as well as former Mafia prince Bill Bonanno, The Good Guys straddles both sides of the law, races relentlessly through the New York City underworld, and crackles with characters and moments so vivid they will never let you go. At Columbia University, a professor of Russian literature has gone missing. A few miles and light-years away, Little Eddie LaRocca and Bobby San Filippo are on the move-dealing in everything from hot-sheet hotels to bootleg Fuji film. When the hoods are sent to find the professor, they find out that someone else is looking, too. Beautiful FBI agent Laura Russo is making her preppy partner’s head spin. She knows the missing man is important-and somehow connected to a recent mob hit. While Eddie and Bobby are fighting their way through ugly deeds and pretty coeds, these feds will cook up some business of their own, turning a little disagreement among criminals into an all-out war… Capturing the organized crime world of the go-go ‘80s, Pistone and Bonanno’s one-of-a-kind collaboration is bad to the bone-and as marvelously authentic as it gets.

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"I thought this book was well written and very entertaining. I loved how the chapters went back and forth between the mafia and the FBI. I'm glad I picked it up and read it."

— Kat (5 out of 5 stars)

The Good Guys Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " On the CD, the book is not well read. I enjoyed the plot, and guess the book is better. "

    — Paul, 5/26/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Soft story, interesting inside stuff. "

    — Dave, 4/25/2012
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    " A little raw and edgy in places but the perspective changes with every other chapter. One chapter mob characters, next FBI and so on. The story is gripping but not for the faint of heart. "

    — Marvin, 12/28/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Great story on the mob. The back and forth between the FBI's perspective and the Mob's perspective was great. If you like this kind of book, this is great. "

    — Bobby, 12/17/2011
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " It took me forever to get through the audiobook. I found the characters pretty flat and the story generally anticlimactic. "

    — Kate, 12/11/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Very interesting as the book is a collaboration of an ex-FBI agent and an ex-mob boss. The story was good, if somewhat predictable. Unfortunately I listened to, rather than read the book. The authors read the book and Joe Pistone, reading the FBI chapters left a lot to be desired. "

    — Leslie, 11/16/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Great story on the mob. The back and forth between the FBI's perspective and the Mob's perspective was great. If you like this kind of book, this is great. "

    — Bobby, 12/28/2010
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " It took me forever to get through the audiobook. I found the characters pretty flat and the story generally anticlimactic. "

    — Kate, 5/17/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Very interesting as the book is a collaboration of an ex-FBI agent and an ex-mob boss. The story was good, if somewhat predictable. Unfortunately I listened to, rather than read the book. The authors read the book and Joe Pistone, reading the FBI chapters left a lot to be desired. "

    — Leslie, 9/19/2009
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " On the CD, the book is not well read. I enjoyed the plot, and guess the book is better. "

    — Paul, 9/7/2008

About the Authors

Joseph D. Pistone is the legendary FBI special agent who put his life on the line to infiltrate the US Mafia for six years, resulting in the convictions of over 200 mobsters. He lives in an undisclosed location.

David Fisher is the award-winning author of almost one hundred books, including twenty-six New York Times bestsellers. He has written works of nonfiction, fiction, reference, and humor and collaborated with legendary figures in a variety of fields, from Hall of Fame athletes to Nobel Prize–winning scientists. He lives in New York with his wife, Laura.

About Stephen Hoye

Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London’s West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.