title: American Gangster: And Other Tales of New York
author:  Mark Jacobson 
description: "A brilliant collection by one of our most valuable journalists."<br /><br />"Personal, savvy journalism that will make readers stop in their tracks and ponder. Provocation, in a word, and Jacobson will trade you slap for slap."<br /><br />"Nothing less than a riveting snapshot of life in the 'modern world.'"
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  ##### www.blackmask.com
  
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  Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto
  
  
  [1\. Jake and
  Yekl](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos2700)
  
  [2\. The New York
  Ghetto](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos29467)
  
  [3\. In the Grip of His
  Past](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos57235)
  
  [4\. The
  Meeting](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos79467)
  
  [5\. A
  Paterfamilias](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos92005)
  
  [6\. Circumstances Alter
  Cases](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos125820)
  
  [7\. Mrs. Kavarsky's Coup
  D'État](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos152424)
  
  [8\. A Housetop
  Idyl](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos176341)
  
  [9\. The
  Parting](Yekl_%20A%20Tale%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Gh_split_001.html#filepos195391