
The Good Rat
A True Story
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Narrated by:
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Richard Davidson
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By:
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Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin can sniff out a story like he can sniff out a rat. Here, he tells a lifetime of anecdotes in his inimitable New York voice, giving us a view through the keyhole of the people and places that define the Mafia: characters like Sammy the Bull, the original snitch; Gaspipe Casso, named for his weapon of choice; and hangouts like Pep McGuire's, the legendary watering hole where reporters and gangsters (all hailing from the same working-class neighborhoods) rubbed elbows and traded stories.
But best of all, Breslin captures the moments in which the Mafia was made and broken. Breslin was there the night John Gotti celebrated his acquittal, for example, having bribed his way to innocence.
In The Good Rat, Breslin brings together the most recent, most memorable, and the long forgotten stories to create a sharp-eyed portrait of the mob as it lived and breathed, as it sounded and survived.
©2008 Jimmy Breslin (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks AmericaListeners also enjoyed...




















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"[Breslin is] the city's steadiest and most accurate chronicler." (The Village Voice)
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great story
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not bad!
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story meanders
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Great Selection
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interesting mafia stories.
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Crazy how I use to see these guys grownup
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A really great story
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Characters
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Descent Story
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Narrator was excellent as well
Highly re8!
EXCELLENT audiobook!
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