Gravesend

'Gravesend is a dark and gritty novel which delves deep into the soul, examining the spiralling nature of revenge, anger and excess. I wholeheartedly recommend it to all literary crime fans' -- Colin * The Book Spine *
Gravesend is a book that hits you in the guts the same wayDavid Goodis or Charles Willeford's books do. Boyle'smining that dark edge of America where no one is safe, noteven from themselves. A dark ride but a seriously great ride -- Willy Vlautin, author of The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, and The Free
William Boyle's Gravesend is a bruiser and a heartbreaker of a debut. With echoes of Lehane and Pelecanos but with a rhythm and poignancy all its own, it's a gripping tale of family, revenge, the strains of the past and the losses that never leave us -- Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me, The End of Everything, Queenpin, The Song is You, and Die A Little
Boyle drives the novel with much local colour and energy... he delivers a gripping good story that has you eagerly turning the pages * The Barcelona Review *
Boyle's writing is raw, poetic, unflinching, nostalgic, and perverse. Urgency inhabits his pages, and the characters live on weeks after you put the book down. GRAVESEND is a novel read in a day, and then again, slowly -- Anya Groner * L.A. Review of Books *