Hello All, I Picked this up a couple days ago and am really
enjoying it. I was wondering if anyone else has read this
one. If not, I would recommend it. (for whatever that's
worth) The narrator of this rather bleak tale is Michael
Forsythe, a wise beyond his years 19 year old Irish immigrant
who comes to early 1990's 'pre-Guilianni'
(sp?) New York to join a rather dodgy crew of criminals after
basically getting the boot from Ireland after getting caught
for 'doubling up on the dole'. At the risk of getting
involved in definitions, I'd say this is a hard boiled look
at New York, particularly Harlem in the early 90's. It is at
times funny, tragic and horrific, but through it all Michael
remains, for me at least, oddly likeable. I am not a reviewer
by any stretch but I have been given many great titles to
sample from this list and thought I could maybe give one back
to someone out there who may have missed this title. Thanks
to all for your recommendations over the years, now it's back
to chipping away at my mountainous TBR pile from lurkerdom.
Best, Will
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