Gravesend

By: William Boyle

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Paperback | 18 December 2017

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256 Pages

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19.9 x 13.1 x 1.7

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Ray Boy Calabrese is released from prison 16 years after his actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite wasting away at a local Rite Aid, stuck in the past and still howling for Ray Boy's blood.

When the chips are down and the gun is drawn, Conway finds that he doesn't have murder in him. Thus begins a spiral of self-loathing and soul searching into which he is joined by Alessandra, a failed actress caring for her widowed father, and Eugene, Ray Boy's hellbound nephew.

Industry Reviews

'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 *

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