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The Good Rat: A True Story

by Jimmy Breslin

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Mafia stories and a key witness

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    Pulitzer Prize-winning author

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Mafia stories and a key witness

Jimmy Breslin’s account centers on Burt Kaplan, a Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, witness in the trial of two NYPD detectives indicted in connection with eight gangland executions. Kaplan’s story is interwoven with profiles and episodes involving Mafia figures including John Gotti, Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso, and Jimmy “the Clam” Eppolito. The book connects individual lives and crimes to a broader portrait of the people and places associated with the Mafia, tracing moments when the organization was built or fractured. Its true-crime subject matter sits at the intersection of organized crime, informants, and alleged police involvement.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Mafia figures and organized crime.
  • Readers seeking true-crime accounts involving witnesses and alleged police corruption.
  • Readers interested in crime stories set in New York, including Brooklyn.

Themes

Organized crimeInformants and testimonyAlleged police involvementNew York crime history

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Book overview

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.
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