Breslin, Jimmy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1969
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Summary: In his inimitable New York voice, Breslin, "the city's steadiest and most accurate chronicler" (Tom Robbins, Village Voice), gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the mafia--characters like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, Gaspipe Casso (named for his weapon of choice), Thomas "Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese, and Jimmy "The Clam" Eppolito, interwoven with the good rat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2008
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Summary: The 72 columns selected here by editor Dan Barry, more than half of which have not been reprinted since initial publication, reveal Breslin at his best, addressing stories of national and global importance but more often uncovering tales of ordinary New Yorkers, by turns tragic or absurd but always gripping to read. Gathered here are the highlights of his consummate deadline artistry: his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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Summary: A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2001
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Summary: A satire on the cult of the Mafia tells the story of an inept gang of Sicilian cretins and their criminally foolish plots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1982
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Summary: In 1970 Owney Morrison is back from Vietnam with a Congressional Medal of Honor, a wife, a baby, and a problem with alcohol. Owney blunders forth into a world of his own making, but a world, nonetheless, that wants no part of him. Returned to his Queens home in 1970 after winning a Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam, Owney Morrison works at digging tunnels during the day and escapes with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ticknor & Fields 1986