"Goodfellas," the book and the movie

[Wilson Gray]

An excellent suggestion, Jesse! You've just saved me thirty bucks.

-Wilson

On 8/28/06, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:33:52PM -0400, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > Jon, have you seen the review in the TBR of a book entitled, A
> > Pickpocket's Tale? It includes the brief memoir of a
> > nineteenth-century career criminal, George Appo, who describes himself
> > as, among other things, "a good fellow."
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> I have a copy of this, which I haven't read yet, but wanted to
> point out for those who are considering doing this that the
> author of this biography is working on an edition of Appo's
> memoirs (which the bio extensively quotes from manuscript) to
> be published next year. So probably better to wait a year and
> quote from the memoirs directly.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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