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基本信息·出版社:Harper Perennial
·页码:304 页
·出版日期:2009年02月
·ISBN:0060856696
·International Standard Book Number:0060856696
·条形码:9780060856694
·EAN:9780060856694
·版本:Reprint
·装帧:平装
·正文语种:英语
·丛书名:P.S.
内容简介 In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia—characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito—interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD detectives indicted for carrying out eight gangland executions. Through these unforgettable real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories, Jimmy Breslin captures the moments in which the mob was made and broken.
作者简介 Jimmy Breslin was born in Jamaica, Queens. He was awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. His bestselling and critically acclaimed books include The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight; Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?; The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo GutiÉrrez; several anthologies; and the memoir, I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me. He lives on Broadway, the Big Street, in New York City.
媒体推荐 "A great look at the ugly and anything-but-glamorous truth of organized crime. This is Breslin at his Runyonesque best." --
Rocky Mountain News"Bad cops, good crook, great story." --
USA Today"Breslin chronicles the cops? sordid tales with a mixture of awe, repugnance and perfect diabolical detail. He remains a master at transforming crookery into opera." --
New York Times Book Review"Breslin is a writer of the heart. It?s hard to name another author who demonstrates a better understanding of the passions of urban misrule." --
Playboy"Breslin put his notes to brilliant use in a colorfully nuanced depiction of Burt Kaplan. Kaplan is The Good Rat, and while Breslin doesn?t put a gloss on his crimes, he uses him wisely and well to tell us once again about New York?s underbelly. And, in such memorable terms." --
New York Daily News"Completely sure of what he?s doing, the author knows how to hook a reader." --
New York Observer"The ineffable Breslin, the mob?s Homer, may not have done much to ensure Kaplan?s longevity, but he has surely granted him immortality." --
Boston Globe"[The Good Rat] is Jimmy Breslin at his best." --
New York Times