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A Fine Place

A black teenager in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, is chased by a gang of young white men, caught, and beaten to death. Rather than sensationalize the murder of Yusuf Hawkins, first-time novelist Nicholas Montemarano focuses on its aftermath: Tony Santangelo, one of those young men, must go on with his life after serving time in prison, just as his Italian-American family struggles with their own guilt and silence, with questions about Tony's involvement, and ultimately with their dying way of life. Moving back and forth in time, with direct and intense prose, Montemarano achieves a cumulative intensity the reader will not soon forget.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 226
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781893956216
  • Release date
  • 2002