Brotherly Love

by Pete Dexter

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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
  • ISBN10 0394585739
  • ISBN13 9780394585734
  • Publish Date 24 September 1991
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Random House (NY)
  • Edition Trade ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 274
  • Language English