Learn to Speak Mafia - A Boxtree Phrasebook (Paperback, Unabridged)

So you wanna be a wiseguy? Have you ever watched Goodfellas on DVD, adopted a friendly-but-menacing expression in front of the bathroom mirror and asked if your reflection thinks you're funny? 'Funny how, like a clown, I amuse you?' Now try that out in authentic Italian. Repeat after me...Stylish how-to photographs demonstrate a whole range of genuinely Italian, beautifully disdainful gestures, while a useful glossary will help you to distinguish 'a friend of ours' from 'a friend of mine' at twenty paces. With Italian translations of all of your favourite Mafia film quotes and useful everyday phrases ('You have a lovely restaurant. I would hate to see it accidentally burnt to the ground.'), this book gives you all the ammunition you need to pretend to be 'a made guy'. BadaBING!