| The Book "THE HOODS" |
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"The Hoods" claims to be an autobiographical account of the life of a Jewish gangster in New York's Lower East Side written by Harry Grey (real name Harry Goldberg) whilst Goldberg was in Sing Sing prison. The book has 49 chapters and is dedicated to Grey's true & loyal mob M., B., H. & S.
It starts in an East Side school classroom (7th grade):
Noodles and Max imagine what it would be like if the five of them formed a gang like Jesse James but without horses. Max says "We'll make a million bucks sticking up banks and then quit."
Noodles gets summoned to the Principal's office (Max offers to throw the Principal out of the window if Noodles wants). Noodles' father has been out of work for 3 months and Noodles wants to leave school and start a job. The principal recognises Noodles' potential and wants him to stay on at school.
"I think you can still develop into a good and successful citizen. I'll have a social agency look into your case and help your family, so that you can continue your schooling. Keep away from bad companions ... Why not continue and try to be a bookkeeper, possibly an accountant? Don't just go floundering through life without a definite goal. Specialized knowledge is like a sharp knife. It will help you cut your way through the entanglements of life to your goal. To success. You understand what I what I mean?"
Yeh, I knew what he meant, but I played dumb. "Yeh, I'll get myself a big knife" I said.
The dialogue and descriptions of events are a bit lengthy but reading the book and the screenplay will clear up many of the questions that viewers of the film may have.
An inexpensive ebook may be downloaded from:
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=33250
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Summary of chapters |
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| 01 - |
End Of School, Max Patsy Cockeye Dominick modern Jesse James Schwartz Candy Store, helping Monk, Jake Pipy Goo-Goo, Knife Peggy & Fanny, Momma, poverty, Max's uncle, Fat Moe, Federal Reserve Bank, Dolores, The Professor, Mott Street |
| 02 - | Book - Boswell's Life of Johnson |
| 03 - | Peggy & Whitey - police bribery |
| 04 - | Rolling a drunk |
| 05 - | Laundry delivery job - strike breaking |
| 06 - | Drugstore heist, death of Dominick |
| 07 - |
Sent to Jewish home, Cedar Knolls for 18 months Maxi's uncle dies, Max takes over uncle's funeral business |
| 08 - |
Taking contracts, forming coalition with Frank, 6 speakeasies Noodles Bookkeeper, Opium |
| 09 - | Dream of the formation of the criminal combination |
| 10 - | Turkish Baths |
| 11 - | Diamond Heist, Betty |
| 12 - | Writing a book, Sex |
| 13 - | Nutch and the diamond switch |
| 14 - |
Oscar the fence, disposing of Nutch's body, John Doe, Federal Reserve Bank |
| 15 - | Cleaning up Peggy's whorehouse |
| 16 - | The accidental death of Andrew Moore, Himmelfarb brothers |
| 17 - | A licence to print money |
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Noodles father previously a horse thief & smuggler, money printing machine switched, Broome St speakeasy to Jake & Co |
| 19 - | My disastrous date with Dolores |
| 20 - | Feeling Sorry for myself |
| 21 - | Helen the singer, picking up a prostitute, Frank & Dandy Phil |
| 22 - | Nude swimming |
| 23 - | Getting kitted out |
| 24 - | Checking out the casino (1) |
| 25 - | Checking out the casino (2), momma, brother |
| 26 - | Casino shakedown (1) |
| 27 - | Casino shakedown (2) |
| 28 - | Casino shakedown (3), 20 bullets in 3 secs |
| 29 - | Phil & Fanny |
| 30 - | Eden, Fairy Theodore, Eve |
| 31 - | Big Mike, Fitz & Jimmy at the Eden |
| 32 - | Salvy the Snake, Willie the Ape, Mr Crowning |
| 33 - | Impersonating cops, Thespus Detective Agency |
| 34 - | The seduction of Eve, rubber falsies |
| 35 - | Thespus Detective Agency (1), knockout drops |
| 36 - | Thespus Detective Agency (2) |
| 37 - | Chicago hit, Eve, taking over the Eden |
| 38 - | Our arrest, murder of Salvy, Willie & a stranger |
| 39 - | Our release, planning the next job |
| 40 - | Disposal of the body of a Supreme Court Judge |
| 41 - | Dancing with Betty, John Doe, argument with Max re payroll heist, split |
| 42 - |
2 weeks vacation in Miami with Eve, Max now with Betty, Combination goods hijacked, Herring's doublecross |
| 43 - | Max wanting to pickle Herring |
| 44 - | Max becoming a megalomaniac, throne, casing the Federal Reserve Bank |
| 45 - | Trying to contact Frank, withdrawing bank savings |
| 46 - |
Momma in a coma in hospital, gave details of Max & Co's next job to prohibition agents, momma died, booze, opium death of Max, Patsy & Cockeye, searching for our cash |
| 47 - |
Mendy Muscles & Trigger Mike take me to warehouse for execution, trick them to take me to Moe's, knockout drops |
| 48 - | Escape to Joeys in chinatown, opium |
| 49 - | Leave town |
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