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Author Di Prisco, Joseph, 1950- author.

Title The Pope of Brooklyn / Joseph De Prisco.

Publication Info. Los Angeles, Calif. : Vireo, Rare Bird Books, 2017.

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B DI PRISCO, J.    Check Shelf
Description 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340).
Contents Conspiracies of the past -- It was true at the time -- Down and out in Brooklyn -- Upon information and belief -- Incriminations -- Infinitely dropped -- 1961 -- My urban plan -- Slouching from Brooklyn -- The Pope meets Santa -- Dog in the rain -- Testimony -- Divided selves -- Star witness -- Cutting stone -- Turf -- Sealed files -- The Fast Eddie F. complex -- Mitzvah madness -- Consideration -- Ciao, Bella -- More alive than ever -- Between He and I -- Fresh head -- Organized crime? -- Sympathy for the guy sitting on my phone tap -- Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing -- Correspondences -- Mysteries of the (hair) salon -- She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie -- What larks -- One happy birthday -- The truth, the whole truth, and something like the truth -- Keeping watch.
Summary In this sequel to his previous memoir, Subway to California, the author discovers trial transcripts which provide evidence that his father was a small-time criminal who turned informant against the corrupt police officers he worked with.
Subject Di Prisco, Joseph, 1950-
Di Prisco, Joseph, 1950- -- Family.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Informers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 1945572116
9781945572111
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