Wiseguy: Life in Mafia Family/ Goodfellas
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster."
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi about Henry Hill's life growing up in Brooklyn in the fifties. He is involved in drug dealing, robbery, bribery, hijacking, and smuggling as he and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
It was adapted to film in 1990, titled Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, and starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci.
Mystery
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."
~Albert Einstein
Mystery
"Some memories are best forgotten"
Momento Mori by Jonathan Nolan is a short story about a man with amnesia who can only remember things for a few minutes. He uses tattoos and notes he writes to convince himself to escape from the mental institution his is in and seek out the man who murdered his wife. Published in Esquire Magazine. Read it now!
It was adapted to the screen in 2000 and directed by the author's brother, Christopher Nolan.