The good rat : a true story
(2008)
By:
Breslin, Jimmy
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.106/BRESLIN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Ecco ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
270 pages
ISBN/ISSN
9780060856663 (hbk.), 0060856661 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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