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Of course Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin recognized Burton Kaplan right away as the Mafia witness of the ages. Breslin comes from the same Queens streets as mob bosses John Gotti and Vito Genovese. But even they couldn't match Kaplan in crime--and neither could anybody else. In his inimitable ... More

Call it a miracle, fate, pure luck, or just another day in the city where nothing is usual, but in 1991 Jimmy Breslin narrowly escaped death - which inspired him to write this book about his life. Two years ago, Breslin was having trouble getting his left eyelid to open and close. This was too pecul... More

It was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film role. Its title has entered into the language as a catch phrase. And it's terrific fun The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is the story of Papa Baccala... More

With sadness and rage, Breslin writes about the sex scandals within the priesthood of the roman Catholic Church and the apparent cover-up of those scandals by the church hierarchy.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jimmy Breslin has established himself as one of America's most distinctively Catholic... More

He came from the same streets as mob bosses John Gotti and Vito Genovese. Before Scarface, The Godfather or The Sopranos, there was Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin, 'the city’s steadiest and most accurate chronicler’ (Tom Robbins, Village Voice). In The Mafia Rat, Breslin shows us the peo... More

A gripping collection of stories reflecting everyday life in the turmoiled streets of West Belfast.... More

Veteran journalist Pete Hamill has never covered just politics. Or just sports. Or just the entertainment business, the mob, foreign affairs, social issues, the art world, or New York City. He has in fact written about all these subjects, and many more, in his years as a contributor to such national... More

A vivid history of the Mets, preserving for all time a wonderful look at the New York's other team, is written by a Pulitzer Prize- winning author... More