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Author: Jimmy Breslin
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 20.40cm
Weight: 0.240kg
ISBN: 9780060856694
ISBN 10: 0060856696
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 February 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
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 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 Bad cops, good crook, great story. -- USA Today 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 Completely sure of what he's doing, the author knows how to hook a reader. -- New York Observer 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 [The Good Rat] is Jimmy Breslin at his best. -- New York Times A great look at the ugly and anything-but-glamorous truth of organized crime. This is Breslin at his Runyonesque best. -- Rocky Mountain News The Good Rat tells us about the corkscrew workings of the criminal mind where Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment left off. -- Nicholas Pileggi, New York Times bestselling author of Wiseguy Jimmy Breslin still hits the high notes...entertaining, insightful and 100% Grade-A Breslin. -- T.J. English, author of Paddy Whacked and The Westies Breslin returns to us from brain surgery intact, writing the way he writes, which is very good stuff indeed. -- Pete Dexter, National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout and Paper Trails Smart and stinging--Breslin in fine form, which means a winner. -- Kirkus Reviews [Breslin's] writing, like the Mafia itself, breezily transitions from humorous to horrifying. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Information
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.
