Introduction
Shaken, not stirred
Part I
Old school Brooklyn
The horror at red hook
by H.P. Lovecraft
Borough of cemeteries
by Irwin Shaw
Luck be a lady
by Maggie Estep
Part II
Cops & robers
By the dawn’s early light
by Lawrence Block
The best-friend murder
by Donald E. Westlake
The men in black raincoats
by Pete Hamill
Part III
Wartime Brooklyn
Tralala
by Hubert Selby, Jr
The boys of Bensonhurst
by Salvatore La Puma
Steelwork
by Gilbert Sorrentino
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