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Jimmy Breslin
Major works:
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight (1969) • How the Good Guys Finally Won (1976) • The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez (2002) • The Good Rat: A True Story (2008)
“He opened us up to a world of possibilities. What we did with them was our concern. He had his own work to do. No one ever did it better.”
—John Schulian
“Breslin is the street-smart voice of old New York.”
—Washington Post
“[Breslin] has used his pen to give voice to the forgotten.”
—Boston Globe
“[Breslin wrote] columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.”
—The Pulitzer Prizes
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