‘The Lufthansa Heist’

With perfect timing, Daniel Simone, author of the recently published “The Lufthansa Heist: Behind the Six-Million-Dollar Cash Haul That Shook the World,” will discuss the book and screen Martin Scorsese’s film “Goodfellas” on Sunday at noon at the East Hampton Library.

The case was in the news last week when Vincent Asaro, a reputed mobster, was acquitted of participating in the robbery. The cash and jewelry taken have never been recovered, and nobody has been convicted of the crime.

Mr. Simone’s book was co-written with Henry Hill, the mastermind of the robbery and a protagonist of “Goodfellas,” who died in 2012. Ed McDonald, the former U.S. Attorney in charge of the 1978 investigation of the robbery and an East Hampton resident, will join the discussion and answer questions from the audience.