“I heard you paint houses” - in the language of the mafia, this expression means “I heard you know how to kill people,” and “paint” means blood. This is a rare case when the mafia bosses recognized the book about themselves as truthful - the regular killer of one of the “families,” Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, spoke about his life before his death. Experienced prosecutors and FBI agents listened to these stories with bated breath. For the first time, a criminal of this level violated omerta - the law of silence. Hooligan youth during the Great Depression, the first smell of blood in World War II, an accidental entry into the closed world of the Italian-American mafia, the exit from which is more expensive than the entrance - when you have to choose between your life and the life of a better one friend. And all this during the legendary era of the 50s in the United States, when the corrupt union director Jimmy Hoffa owned billions and openly competed with the Kennedy brothers, who fought against the mafia. Why was President Kennedy assassinated and why did everyone lose? Who was the prototype of the Godfather in the famous film? And what made seasoned killer Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran come to a redemptive confession?