The good rat : a true story
Breslin, Jimmy
The good rat : a true story / Jimmy Breslin - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco , c2008. - 270 p. ; 22 cm.
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 himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, the star witness in the recent trial of two New York City detectives indicted for acting as hit men in eight gangland executions.--From publisher description.
9780060856663
2008299905
014341215 Uk
Mafia---History---New York (State)---New York
Organized crime----History
HV6452.N72 / B74 2008
364.106 BRE
The good rat : a true story / Jimmy Breslin - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco , c2008. - 270 p. ; 22 cm.
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 himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, the star witness in the recent trial of two New York City detectives indicted for acting as hit men in eight gangland executions.--From publisher description.
9780060856663
2008299905
014341215 Uk
Mafia---History---New York (State)---New York
Organized crime----History
HV6452.N72 / B74 2008
364.106 BRE
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