On The Run - Couverture rigide

Hill, Gregg; Hall, Gina

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091796598 ISBN 13 : 9780091796594

Editeur : Hutchinson, 2005

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

By the son and daughter of Henry Hill - immortalised in the book Wiseguy and the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas - On The Run is the harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an explosive father whilst dodging Mafia payback. Henry Hill's business partner, Jimmy Burke has whacked every person who could possibly implicate him in the infamous Lufthansa robbery at JFK airport. On his way to prison, lifelong ganster Henry is given two options: sleep with the fishes, or enter the FBI's Witness Protection Program. Gregg and Gina are dragged along for the ride. Like nomads, they're forced to wander from state to state, constantly inventing new names and finding new friends, only to abandon them at a moment's notice. Living under constant fear of being found and killed. But Henry, the rock Gregg and Gina so desperately need, is a heavy cocaine user and knows only the criminal life. He is soon up to his old tricks and consistently putting their identities in jeopardy. And so it continues until the kids, now almost grown, can no longer ignore that the Mob might be less of a threat to them than remaining under the roof of their increasingly unbalanced father. (2004-06-24)

Quatrième de couverture :

'We were sent away, someplace we'd never been or even imagined, strangers in a strange place, to start over with nothing but fake names and everything to hide.'

For most people, childhood is the time we feel most secure - we trust those around us implicitly, and know we are loved. But Gregg and Gina Hill grew up in a very different world.

Their childhood was terrifying. Snatched out of their happy lives, taken away from their loving family and friends, they grew up in isolation, in a world where the only certainty was that they couldn't rely on anyone. Even their parents. They could only trust each other ...

'Gritty and compelling' Mail on Sunday

'Gripping ... heartbreaking ... the many readers who will be rooting for these innocent victims will be heartened by their capacity to transcend a truly awful upbringing'

Publishers Weekly

'Fascinating, frightening, heart-wrenching - and true' Ed McBain

'Stephen King couldn't have made up this tale of a father's savagery and its god-awful toll' Kirkus

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0091796598
• ISBN 13: 9780091796594
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256