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The Good Rat

A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York.

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  • "A mob associate in Brooklyn whose daughter was a judge, Kaplan turned states' evidence over his discovering that two New York detectives would be willing to work on the side as organized crime hitmen."
  • "A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York."
  • "A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York."@en
  • "In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia?characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito?interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD detectives indicted for carrying out eight gangland executions. Through these unforgettable real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories, Jimmy Breslin captures the moments in which the mob was made and broken."@en
  • "In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia'characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito'interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD detectives indicted for carrying out eight gangland executions. Through these unforgettable real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories, Jimmy Breslin captures the moments in which the mob was made and broken.</"@en
  • "In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia..."@en
  • "A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York. --A mob associate in Brooklyn whose daughter was a judge, Kaplan turned states' evidence over his discovering that two New York detectives would be willing to work on the side as organized crime hitmen."@en

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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"@he
  • "True crime stories"@en
  • "Specimens"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Anecdotes"@en
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "The Good Rat"@en
  • "The good rat"@en
  • "The good rat : a true Mafia story"@en
  • "The good rat a true story"@en
  • "ha-Shṭinḳer ha-ṭov : sipur she-kulo emet"
  • "De rat : hoe een kroongetuige de New Yorkse maffia ten val bracht"
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  • "The good rat : a true story"
  • "The good rat : a true story"@en
  • "השטינקר הטוב : סיפור שכולו אמת"

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