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Overview

In the City of Brotherly Love, a car skids off the ice and ignites a chain of events that changes everything for eight-year-old Peter Flood. Peter's father is a powerful man, a union boss with mob connections, but all the power in the world is useless to a grieving son. Raised by his uncle, Peter tries to distance himself from the casual brutality of the family business, gravitating instead toward a small South Philly gym. Peter's cousin Michael--his "brother"--moves in another direction: into small-time intimidation and the trappings of a union prince. Neither, however, can outrun the logic of violence as they're dragged into a world of bad blood and a chilling cycle of betrayal and retribution.

Praise for Brotherly Love

"A first-rate novel and a masterly evocation of that undercivilized and unfree America . . . The grace and confidence of Pete Dexter's] prose conveys absolute authenticity."--The New York Times Book Review "Enviably artful work--carefully wrought, canny in its insights, sly in its presentation, sneaky in its revelations."--Chicago Tribune "Extraordinarily poignant . . . Brotherly Love is all bulletproof prose and flinty-eyed bravissimo. . . . But the quieter, sadder aspects of the novel are its strongest points."--The Boston Globe "Tautly and often exquisitely written."--Los Angeles Times

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780812987348
  • ISBN-10: 0812987349
  • Publisher: Random House Trade
  • Publish Date: November 2014
  • Dimensions: 8.53 x 5.11 x 0.64 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.47 pounds
  • Page Count: 288

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