Word: pileggi
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...sketch of a private eye is irresistible-the urban gunslinger with all the smarts. It makes a powerful myth. No matter how many Sunday-supplement articles report that a private detective is probably an ex-cop who guards industrial secrets, some romance still clings to him. Nicholas Pileggi, a New York-based investigative reporter, has written a book about one authentic private eye. It is a painstaking job, which makes it pleasant to report that while this trim detective has little chance to crack wise with classy dames, there are a few traces of the exotic in his work...