Dino: Living High In the Dirty Business of Dreams

Dino: Living High In the Dirty Business of Dreams by Tosches, Nick. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780385262163.

From dealing blackjack in the small-time gangster town of Steubenville, Ohio, to carousing with the famous "Rat Pack" in a Hollywood he called home, Dean Martin lived in a grandstand, guttering life of booze, broads, and big money. He rubbed shoulders with the mob, the Kennedys, and Hollywoods biggest stars. He was one of Americas favorite entertainers. But no one really knew him. Now Nick Tosches reveals the man behind the image--the dark side of the American dream. Its a wild, illuminating, sometimes shocking tale of sex, ambition, heartaches--and a life lived hard, fast, and without apologies. From the Paperback edition.