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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Good Rat: A True Storyby: Jimmy Breslin  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.45 You Save: $7.50 (30%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 364.106097471 EAN: 9780060856663 ISBN: 0060856661 Label: Ecco Manufacturer: Ecco Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: February 01, 2008 Publisher: Ecco Release Date: February 05, 2008 Studio: Ecco Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 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. Breslin takes us to the old-time 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; the dog-fight circles and body dumps at Ozone Park; and the back room at Midnight Rose's candy store, where Murder, Inc., hired and fired. Most compelling of all, Breslin captures the moments in which the Mafia was made and broken—Breslin was there the night John Gotti celebrated his acquittal at his Ravenite Social Club on Mulberry, having bribed his way to innoÂcence only to incite the wrath of the FBI, who would later crush Gotti and others with the full force of the RICO laws. As in his unforgettable novel The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Breslin brings together these real-life and long-forgotten Mafia stories to brilliantly create a sharp-eyed portrait of the mob as it lived and breathed, as it sounded and survived. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sooooo disappointing!I don't typically do these reviews but wanted to warn anyone with an iota of intelligence to not buy, borrow or waste your time reading this book. I'm 48 years old and have read hundreds of books and very rarely have I ever not finished a book that I've started. Maybe 2 or 3 times in 30 years. This book was so bad, so boring, so hard to get anything out of, that I actually left the book in a garbage can in a hotel room I was staying in. I would have felt bad selling the book on ebay or leaving ... Read More Rating: - A Winner at Hardcover Prices."The Good Rat" is an entertaining and fast reading story of the New York Mafia. GR mainly revolves around one Burton Kaplan, a connected guy from Bensonhurst. That is an honorable Brooklyn neighborhood. Facing hard time, Kaplan rats out two of the most heinous bad guys we may ever read about. They would be Louis Eppolito and Steven Caracappa, two New York cops in the pocket of the Mafia. These quiffs took part in 8 gangland killings. How easy it must have been for these cowards with badges to lure ... Read More Rating:  - Mob trial excerpts with the author's spinI 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. Rating: - Breslin at his BestOn a strictly personal level, I was never much of a fan of Jimmy Breslin's, but I must give him his due in the writing department. In "The Good Thief," the trial of the so-called "Mafia cops" Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa is recounted through the sworn testimony of a 72-year-old mob associate named Burton Kaplan, who "flipped" when a contract was put on his life by his former pals. Excerpts from the transcript alone make for good reading, but Breslin puts his own inimitable spin throughout these ... Read More Rating: - A good book about the Good Rat and other reflections of Jimmy BeslinIf you have a good knowledge of Mafia history in New York and in the US generally this book will flow well while you read and absorb it, for new comers it is still a good read but will take longer and you will probably need to check out other books to put it all together. Breslins reflections on his life of writing about the Mob are gems and his book about Burton Kaplan is fascinating. Kaplan is the good rat who finally realizes unless he talks to the Govt about is his life in crime he will spend the rest ... Read More 
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