markfeltskog's review against another edition
Richard Price uncannily captures, in his early novels, and in this one particularly, a specific milieu, to wit working class "white ethnics" (as they are euphemistically known) in the North Bronx. What makes these novels summoning is that despite their very particular settings, they engage universal issues. That is, after all, what literature does. Highly recommended, like The Wanderers, Bloodbrothers, and The Breaks.
wordlover's review
3.0
Nicely conceived and written, but definitely a minor work - feels like a novel actually written in, not just set in the 60s.
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