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books:

THE GANG THAT COULDN`T SHOOT STRAIGHT

1 review
JIMMY BRESLIN

VIKING PRESS, 1969

Gang Life
Gang Life that could be the precedent for the Sopranos today. The author shows the insecurities and oddball traits of Mafia gang members engaged in a cival war in New York City.

The Good Rat: A True Story

12 reviews
Jimmy Breslin

BBC Audiobooks America, 2008

Mob trial excerpts with the author's spin
I have been a so-so fan of Breslin in the past, but I really think this book is excellent. he weaves trial excerpts with his own commentary and humour and Iw as kept interested throughout.

Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year

6 reviews
Jimmy Breslin

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003

It's ABOUT TIME They Republished This Jewel!
Jimmy Breslin, really, wrote only one book which ought to be required reading for anyone, even if they do not appreciate immediately the sublime, ridiculous, and surreal that was the 1962 New York Mets. Of every page and paragraph I have ever read of that wonderfully absurdist gathering of once-upon-a-times and never-would-have-beens known as the Amazin' Mets, none strikes with quite the humour ...

The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez

1 review
Jimmy Breslin

Three Rivers Press, 2003

a sad tale given justice by a great writer
Justice shall you pursue. This is Jimmy Breslin at his best, it reads like he talks, which can cause you to read a sentence twice or three times, but you get used to it. Eduardo Gutierrez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico; he was barely 21 years old when he was killed in a construction accident in Brooklyn on November 23, 1999. Born in San Matías Cuatchatyotla, to a very shy 15 year old ...

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: A Novel

6 reviews
Jimmy Breslin

Back Bay Books, 1997

Funny Because It's So True - Breslin's Comic Masterpeice
The finest comedy reveals truths that cannot be appreciated any other way -- such is the case with THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT, a book that has kept me laughing for years. As someone who grew up in New York in the 60's and 70's, I knew people just like many of the characters in this book. Breslin has captured a time and a mindset that are, believe it or not, already mostly gone. ...