Brotherly Love

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

Author: Pete Dexter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 11/04/2014
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.11w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780812987348
Language: English