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  • Scarface

    by Armitage Trail ...
    Maurice Coons, writing under the pseudonym Armitage Trail, gathered the elements for 'Scarface' when living in Chicago, where he became acquainted with many local Sicilian gangs. He prowled the murky streets of Chicago's gangland with a friend every night for two years, returning home to put to paper and write a book which somewhat documented his experiences. The resulted novel was 'Scarface', and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Scarface

    by Armitage Trail ...
    Inspired by the life of gangster Al Capone, this 1930s novel is a noir fiction classic and the basis for both the Howard Hawks and Oliver Stone films.Raised on the streets of Chicago, Tony "Scarface" Guarino learns early that a life of crime is his only true path to power. But it takes his desire for a showgirl to push him into his first serious crime—the murder of mob leader Al Springola. With ... Read more

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  • Scarface

    The Novel. The Legend.

    by Armitage Trail ...
    ‘I’m Scarface. I’m just about ten times as hard-boiled as Johnny Lovo ever thought of being. I’ve bumped off six or eight myself and another one – especially a rat like you – wouldn’t mean a thing in my young life. Get me?’Scarface is the iconic fictionalization of one of history’s most notorious gangsters, Al Capone. It follows Tony Guarino’s harsh upbringing on the streets of Chicago, where a ... Read more

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    Scarface

    by Armitage Trail ...
    Narrated by Peter Giles ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 10 min

    Scarface follows Tony Guarino, who rises from low level gangster to top lieutenant to mob boss intent on dominating the illegal liquor trade in Chicago during 1920s Prohibition by any means necessary. Along the way he must avoid assassinations by rivals, crooked cops, corrupt district attorneys, a couple femme fatales, and his own brother who rises to lieutenant in the police department. ... Read more

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