{"product_id":"bugsy-siegel-9780300226195","title":"Bugsy Siegel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fast-paced and absorbing. . . . With a keen eye for the amusing, and humanizing detail, [Shnayerson] enlivens the traditional rise-and-fall narrative.\"—Jenna Weissman Joselit, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] brisk-reading chronicle of Siegel’s life and crimes.\"—Tom Nolan, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A pacey and thoughtful biography...part of Yale University Press's excellent Jewish Lives series”—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This latest, punchiest and most compact biography of Siegel arrives in the Yale ‘Jewish Lives’ series...Shnayerson’s brief life of Bugsy is a fun, absorbing read that helps make sense of an emotionally complex gangster. And it’s just long enough to fill one of those transatlantic flights many of us are waiting to take again.\"—Scott Bradfield, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an excellent biography for those more interested in the shape of Siegel's life and career rather than the lurid details, and it is admirably cautious on the mythology.”—\u003ci\u003eStrong Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shnayerson does a remarkable job of humanizing a man he admits to being \"a vicious killer”....He even poses reasonable objections to the common belief that Siegel was a sociopath.\"—Michael Saler, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An amazing job. I learned a lot. A great book about real gangsters when gangsters were real.”—Nicholas Pileggi, author of \u003ci\u003eWiseguy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Insightful, well-written, and carefully researched, this is the best and most complete biography of the notorious gangster Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel in print.”—Robert Rockaway, author of \u003ci\u003eBut He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful exploration of the dark side of the American dream via Bugsy Siegel, the personification of the dark side and the dream. Just as stylish as Bugsy himself. A fabulous book.”—Rich Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eTough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401543590231,"sku":"9780300226195","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300226195.jpg?v=1730477749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bugsy-siegel-9780300226195","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}