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Friday, February 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM EST
Jimmy Breslin on the Mob
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Jimmy Breslin is as New York as New York gets. Reporter, famed columnist, newspaper guy, novelist — for decades he’s worked the streets of the Big Apple. The pols, the teams, the wise guys.

Now, at 77, Breslin is going deep on the mob, with a lifetime of Mafia reporting and the story of one man — no angel — who took down a pair of dirty cops.

He’s got Jimmy “The Clam,” Sammy “The Bull,” Dostoyevsky in the wings, and a lot to say.

This hour, On Point: New York’s Jimmy Breslin — on the city, the world, and his new book “The Good Rat.”

-Tom Ashbrook

Guest:

Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York columnist, his new book is “The Good Rat: A True Story.”

 

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  • i was related to william jelin and got to spend alot of time with Rosemary and i just foung out about your loss i still have pictures of billy rosemay and me on the boat down here in hillboro bch I would be happy to send you copies victor kislak 561 5026040

    Posted by victor kislak, on April 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm EDT
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