Brotherly Love by Pete Dexter

Brotherly Love by Pete Dexter

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

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

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ISBN 13	9780394585734
ISBN 10	0394585739
Title	Brotherly Love
Author	Pete Dexter
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House (NY)
Year published	1991-09-24
Number of pages	274
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