I read To Kill the Irishman about 15 years ago... bored college summer reading.It was aiight.
Kill the Irishman > The Irishman
If you're as squeamish as I am (spoiler: nobody's as squeamish as I am), that shouldn't be too bad. Bullet entry wounds don't bother me so much in movies. (Knife wounds or bullet exit wounds are usually a different story.)