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The World According to Breslin
The World According to Breslin | Jimmy Breslin
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A collection of classic columns from one of New Yorks most celebrated journalists Although his career spans decades, the seven years that Jimmy Breslin spent at the New York Daily News sparked some of his finest work. When New York City tumbled into economic and social chaos at the end of the 1970s, Breslin was there. In his brief, insightful columns, he looked at the city not from the top down but from the bottom up. Eschewing the view of politicians, socialites, and captains of industry, Breslins heroes are men like Jim Moran, the cop who drove John Lennon to the emergency room after he was shot, or Barney Baker, an ex-boxer who served as bodyguard to mobster Meyer Lansky. These are average people who see big things, and Breslin is their herald. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.
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--My thoughts: This seems a tad bit judgemental, does it not? Breslin writes:

All my life, I have judged everybody by whether or not he uses "between you and I." It is the one most revealing mistake in the English language. If the person says, "between you and I," then I know he is uneducated, no matter what kind of paper is framed on his wall, and I also know that he is essentially a fool.

sprainedbrain Very judgmental. 5y
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Martyn_J_Pass Probably has more to do with 1 Timothy 2:12 lol 5y
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Breslin was describing former NY governor Hugh Carey here, but it reminds me of Trump:

Once every many years, nay, once every many decades, one will come along like this, a dream character in dancing pumps, splashing champagne all over his head, a mind made of sky, doing so many things at once that you simply don't know where to begin when telling them.

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When Robert Moses built Jones Beach, he had the Parkway overpasses built so low that a bus from Harlem loses its roof if it tries to take people to the beach.

Suet624 Really? Grrrrr... 5y
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The truth is that Breslin eats, but in places of his choosing with his kind of people. "I do not go into French places," he explains, "because the food is intolerable." What he likes are Italian joints, many of them in the boroughs, where "the customers slap the cook if the food is not exquisite."

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I received two books for Christmas - one from The American, and this one from my dad. His favourite journalist. I love gifts like this.

BookishMarginalia 😍😍😍 7y
Jenni_Capps Love this. ❤️ 7y
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LeahBergen 💗💗💗 7y
Coleen Beautiful! 7y
Bibliogeekery Lovely inscription! 7y
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