The Pope of Brooklyn
By: Joseph De Prisco
Publisher: Vireo, Rare Bird Books
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781945572111
Subjects: Criminals; Informers; Family; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340).
Table of contents: title: Conspiracies of the past; title: It was true at the time; title: Down and out in Brooklyn; title: Upon information and belief; title: Incriminations; title: Infinitely dropped; title: 1961; title: My urban plan; title: Slouching from Brooklyn; title: The Pope meets Santa; title: Dog in the rain; title: Testimony; title: Divided selves; title: Star witness; title: Cutting stone; title: Turf; title: Sealed files; title: The Fast Eddie F. complex; title: Mitzvah madness; title: Consideration; title: Ciao, Bella; title: More alive than ever; title: Between He and I; title: Fresh head; title: Organized crime?; title: Sympathy for the guy sitting on my phone tap; title: Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing; title: Correspondences; title: Mysteries of the (hair) salon; title: She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; title: What larks; title: One happy birthday; title: The truth, the whole truth, and something like the truth; title: Keeping watch.