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Jimmy Breslin

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October 17, 1930 in Jamaica, New York, The United States

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Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Jimmy Breslin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He has written numerous novels, and pieces of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday until his retirement on November 2, 2004, and still has occasional columns there.

Among his notable columns, perhaps the best known was published the day after John F. Kennedy's funeral, focusing on the man who had dug the president's grave. The column is indicative of Breslin's style, which often highlights how major events or the actions of those considered "newsworthy" affect the "common man."

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Books by Jimmy Breslin

Average rating: 3.47 · 767 ratings · 138 reviews · 39 distinct works

	The Good Rat 3.21 avg rating — 225 ratings — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight 3.61 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Branch Rickey 3.31 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Mets' First Year by Jimmy Breslin, Bill Veeck (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1963 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez 3.84 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me 3.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Damon Runyon by Jimmy Breslin, James E. Breslin 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:
	I Don't Want to Go to Jail 2.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Church That Forgot Christ by Jimmy Breslin, Martin J. Beiser (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	How the Good Guys Finally Won: Notes from an Impeachment Summer 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jimmy Breslin

“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.”
― Jimmy Breslin

tags: drinking

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“When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.”
― Jimmy Breslin

tags: new-york-city

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“True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting.”
― Jimmy Breslin

tags: new-york-city

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