{"product_id":"i-heard-you-paint-houses-9781444710502","title":"I Heard You Paint Houses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow filmed as ''The Irishman'' starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I heard you paint houses'' are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank ''the Irishman'' Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the wall and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the Mob, and for his friend Hoffa.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat during World War 2. After returning home he became a hustler and a hit man, working for legenday crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that he was named as one of only two non-Italians on a list of the twenty-six most wanted Mob figures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he refused, he would have\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn July 30, 1975, Hoffa disappeared. Sheeran explains how he did it in prose reminiscent of the best gangster films. * \u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBrandt's book gives new meaning to the term \"guilty pleasure.\" * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eTold with such economy and chilling force as to make \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical. * \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e**** * \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739231007063,"sku":"9781444710502","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444710502.jpg?v=1720051574","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-heard-you-paint-houses-9781444710502","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}