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FORSAKING ALL OTHERS by Jimmy Breslin; Simon & Schuster...
...ambitious now that he has buffed the Boston low-life novel to such a perfect shine. The Patriot Game, in fact, would have been an excellent opportunity, because in it he touches on--but ultimately skirts--the issues of the American Irish feelings for their embattled brethren overseas. Jimmy Breslin, also a member in good-standing of the tough-guy school, made such an attempt in World Without End, Amen. Higgins implies that these Irishmen are not running guns just to make money, but he resists any exploration of that rich vein of sentiment and history...
...daughter, and while on a therapeutic trip to the Bahamas, they began talking in earnest about their different views of the world. They wrote down some of their thoughts and forgot about the whole business. A year later, though, Deane's friend, New York Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin suggested the Lord duo try to market the results of their tete a tetes. Today, the column is syndicated, even appearing in a Japanese daily...
Tonight was plagued by a lack of editorial coordination. Coverage was too frequently duplicated (five entertainment editors, seven gossip writers). Many veteran staffers resented the Felker recruits, contemptuously labeled "boutique journalists" by Bareknuckle Columnist Jimmy Breslin. Bad planning and production problems turned the revamped multisection paper into an incomprehensible jumble; it became a challenge just to find the old pictorial centerfold, and a near impossibility to locate the TV listings...
...they--Jimmy Breslin, Gay Talese, Wolfe and a few others--began adopting the techniques of the novel in the features they wrote for the Herald Tribune's Sunday supplement, or Esquire or anywhere. Symbolism, multiple perspectives, even self-indulgence: it was all there. What's more, it was all true. Actual Journalism. These journalists staged a shocking coup d'etat against their respected big brothers, the novelists. Soon the oldsters wanted to play...