Scarface (novel) Scarface (novel) Scarface is a novel written by Armitage Trail in 1929 and published in 1930. The 1932 film "Scarface" was based on it. The twenty-eight year-old author died suddenly of a heart attack in 1930. The book's storyline is heavily inspired by the real life gangster Al Capone whose nickname was also "Scarface". It concerns the rise and fall of Tony "Scarface" Camonte, who after performing a hit on mob leader Al Springola, moves in to take over the illegal alcohol business in Chicago during the Prohibition Era. He is ultimately shot dead by his brother (who concurrently rises
Scarface: The World Is Yours when you master it." He concluded "Given the drought currently afflicting the Wii, it seems churlish to completely dismiss "Scarface"s many amusements just because of control issues, especially as they can be accommodated with patience and practice. For the bulk of its playing time "Scarface" remains an indecently entertaining bad taste romp." GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann was less impressed, scoring the PC version 6 out of 10, the PS2 version 6.4 out of 10 and the Xbox version 6.6 out of 10, and calling the game "a foul-mouthed and bloody adventure that does next to nothing with the characters [...] The