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In A Kid from Marlboro Road, past and present intermingle as family stories are told and retold. The narrative careens between the prior generation's colorful sojourns in the Bronx and Hell's Kitchen and the softer world of Gibson, the town on Long Island where they live now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont racetrack, and in Montauk. Edward Burns's buoyant first novel is a bildungsroman, yet out of one boy's story a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American tale, raucous and joyous.
With eight pages of photographs of the family members and historical locations that inspired characters and scenes in the novel.
"Burns ... [weaves] together a series of bittersweet, personal, and wryly humorous episodes into a portrait of the titular kid who grew up on Marlboro Road and must have been the most perceptive person there. ... Endearing and insightful."—Kirkus Reviews
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September 10, 2024 -
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- ISBN: 9798892742016
- File size: 136926 KB
- Duration: 04:45:15
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- English
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