{"title":"William Boyle","description":"William Boyle is the author of eight books set in the southern Brooklyn neighborhood where he was born and raised, including his debut, Gravesend; the story collection Death Don't Have No Mercy; The Lonely Witness, nominated for the Hammett Prize; A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, an Amazon Best Book of 2019; City of Margins, a Washington Post Best Thriller and Mystery Book of 2020; and Shoot the Moonlight Out, listed by CrimeReads as one of the ten best noir novels of 2021. He currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi.","products":[{"product_id":"saint-of-the-narrows-street-paperback","title":"Saint of the Narrows Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs an Italian American family's decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequences--and face each other--in this thrilling south Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime fiction luminary William Boyle.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Boyle is the master of Brooklyn-set crime fiction and \u003ci\u003eSaint of the Narrows Street\u003c\/i\u003e is his magnum opus. For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Lethem, and Dennis Lehane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio. On the night Risa's younger sister, Giulia, moves in to recover from a bad breakup, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on\u003cbr\u003ethe spot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the man's body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav's childhood friend--the sweet, loyal Christopher \"Chooch\" Gardini--to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the vast expanse of the next eighteen years, life goes on in the working-class Italian neighborhood of Gravesend as Risa, Giulia, Chooch, and eventually Fabrizio grapple with what happened that night. A standout work of character-driven crime fiction from a celebrated author of the form, \u003ci\u003eSaint of the Narrows Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing and richly drawn novel about the choices we make and how they shape our lives.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101242364127,"sku":"9781641297417","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/E19IFX4QPM9781641297417.webp?v=1781068541"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/william-boyle.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}