Title: Huge Disappointment
Review: I grew up within 25 miles on New York City in the 60s and 70s when Breslin was king. The Daily News and the New York Post were staples in our home; my blue collar father brought them home religiously daily. Reading about the Mafia was almost a hobby for me, real life soap opera; Breslin was always there, commenting, following, allowing me into their world through tabloid print. In this book, it seems like Breslin struggles in creating historic fiction. His story telling is uneven and sporadic, akin to sitting around with a reminiscing Grandpa, waiting impatiently through the slow and disjointed anecdotes, wondering if the chuckle was worth the wait. The characters, hyperboles providing targets of convenience for uprorious laughter, are underutilized as Breslin scores low, many circles away from the bull's eye.Big dissappointment. You can never go home again.
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