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The good rat : a true story / Jimmy Breslin

By:

Breslin, Jimmy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Ecco , c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 270 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780060856663

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DDC classification:

364.106 BRE

LOC classification:

HV6452.N72 B74 2008

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 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	364.106 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		036939

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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.

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