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Jim DeFilippi

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Born

in Duck Alley NY, The United States

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Crime, Humor and Comedy, History

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Elmore Leonard
George V. Higgins
P.G. Wodehouse

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Jim DeFilippi is a crime novelist (DUCK ALLEY, BLOOD SUGAR, JESUS BURNED) and humor writer. His crime novels are all times humorous; his humor writing at times is criminal. Newsday called his stuff “Suspenseful, often hilarious,” Publishers Weekly added, “Excellently paced and imaginatively told,” but his favorite blurb is “Whoa, that was good.”

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Basic Italian

This morning let’s learn some basic Italian:

“Mi dispiace che il tuo vomito sia caduto nelle mie scarpe”

means

“It displeases me that your vomit has fallen to my shoes.”

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Published on July 24, 2018 17:48

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	100 Memoirs 100 Words 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forty Steps to Old Sparky: The Doom-fated Life of Trigger Burke 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duck Alley 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Sugar liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BUSTING STONES: The Trials and Treasures of Martha Gellhorn 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Mules of Monte Cassino 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speedo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broccoli at Christmas: A story of holiday roughage by Jim DeFilippi (Goodreads Author), Josie DeFilippi (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broccoli at Christmas: A Story of Holiday Roughage by Jim DeFilippi (Goodreads Author), Josie DeFilippi (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History

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Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

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Jim DeFilippi rated a book it was amazing Cogan's Trade (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by George V. Higgins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Brilliantly told. Nobody tells a crime story like Higgins. Impeccable dialogue. This novel became an equally good movie starring Brad Pitt called KILLING THEM SOFTLY.
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Nelson Algren was Hemingway with a left hand, Steinbeck on the concrete sidewalks of Chicago. The man deserves to be read. So does this brilliantly researched, beautifully told biography by Mary Wisniewski.
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A well written, well researched account of a well-healed black woman being murdered by by white husband.
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