On The Run - Hardcover

Gregg Hill; Gina Hill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091796598 ISBN 13: 9780091796594

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2005

Synopsis

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)

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Review:

'Gregg and his sister Gina's gritty and compelling true story' Mail on Sunday

'The grimness is leavened with humour and 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

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

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

An extraordinary story (Julie Gregory, Author Of Sickened)

Book Description:

'An extraordinary story' Julie Gregory, author of Sickened (2004-06-24)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0091796598
• ISBN 13: 9780091796594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245