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Original Title:	The Pope of Greenwich Village
ISBN:	0671525786 (ISBN13: 9780671525781)
Edition Language:	English

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Vincent Patrick

Paperback | Pages: 282 pages

Rating: 3.84 | 160 Users | 17 Reviews

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Charlie and Paulie consider themselves “family” even though they are only fifth cousins. Neither of them is 100 percent legitimate but they are not heavy thieves either. They beat the system as best they can with the various inside hustles of New York’s bar and restaurant scene.

Charlie, managing a Village restaurant at age thirty-five, needs one shot to realize his dreams of owning his own place in New England. Meanwhile, he’s just a jump ahead of two shylocks and into the worst streak of losing horses he has ever gone through.

Paulie is only a five-foot-three-inch waiter but he thinks big. Very image-conscious, he even tips toll booth attendants. And he went into hock to become part-owner of a “turrow bed” racehorse. Now he has an idea for one foolproof burglary that will solve all his problems for good, and he enlists Charlie in his scheme.

The third member of the team is Barney. A semi-retired Irish safecracker from the Bronx, Barney has a retarded son as is willing to take one last gamble to provide for his future. A clean break-in, a three-way split, and each of their dreams will come true.

Maybe. Before it’s over, they find themselves relentlessly hunted by both the Mafia “wise guys” and the police. And each of them grasps for survival in a different way.

Acutely realistic yet wondrously funny, The Pope of Greenwich Village captures the speech, the scams, the flavor, the dread, and the humor of ordinary people scrambling to make it big in a neighborhood that prides itself on creating and enforcing its own laws. It marks the impressive debut of a gifted writer.

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Title	:	The Pope of Greenwich Village
Author	:	Vincent Patrick
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 282 pages
Published	:	June 2nd 1984 by Pocket (first published 1979)
Categories	:	Fiction

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I just saw part of the movie and it reminded me that I read this long ago. The book was a little better.

I took a punt on this after reading that this (& the film adaptation) was a big influence on Chuck Hogan's Prince of Thieves (The Town).Really enjoyed it and especially love the 80s style hardback cover.

A very good read which hit all the elements I like in a crime novel. Great characters who, while not at all admirable, were very realistic. I found myself really caring what would happen to them. Loved the straight-ahead no frills plot and the gritty New York City in the seventies setting.

An old favorite of mine. I must have read it first more than 25 years ago. Very funny, especially all the little stories that the various characters tell, and full of dodgy New York street life. The movie was quite good, and it was very well cast (with a great array of character actors). However, I still like the book better. I thought it had a great structure in addition to all its fine details. It's also head and shoulders above his second book, "Family Business".

Hilarious. Great, very politically incorrect dialogue; loser characters that are not quite likable but somehow very compelling; and a depiction of NYC mob life that must have influenced "The Sopranos." Anyone who liked "The Sopranos" or "Pulp Fiction" should give this a try. Can't wait to Netflix the movie.



This is a case where the movie was better than the book. The movie focused on the two main characters - Charlie and Paulie - whereas they were almost footnotes in the book. Maybe I was spoiled by Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts, but they just didnt feel alive in the book. One thing I did like was the way the book ended. In the movie, Charlie bets across the board on multiple horses and wins back a bunch of his share of the heist. In the book, he bets it all on Paulies horse and loses everything.