I Heard You Paint Houses

Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Final Ride of Jimmy Hoffa

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Recommended by My Pal Andy, Jeremy Vine, and 2 others. See all reviews

Ranked #57 in Criminology, Ranked #75 in Holiday Reading — see more rankings.

"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 walls 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. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime... more
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My Pal Andy @kenlowery @labuzamovies it's an absolutely fantastic book (Source)

Jeremy Vine Although the Netflix film is called “The Irishman,” the book’s original title was better. It used the “paint houses” phrase and what makes it remarkable is that it tells, for the first time and with 100% certainty, how Hoffa was killed. https://t.co/TcEkgX0VlY (Source)

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