Chris Offutt, author of Kentucky Straight, Out of the Woods, and The Good Brother I finished the book grateful for release from its relentless grip, and admiring the guts it took to write such a brutal story.” Peopled by ex-cons and ex-cops, teenage gangsters and Russian mobsters, Gravesend creates a claustrophobic intimacy as it moves swiftly to its shocking end. A beautiful actress returns to her Brooklyn neighborhood where she finds the dark world she left has gotten worse. “William Boyle has written a terrific novel for the new millennium of Noir. Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Places and Robert B. “ Gravesend kicks ass! An irresistible combo of an insider’s tour of Brooklyn and true and authentic 21st Century Noir. Willy Vlautin, author of The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, and The Free Boyle’s mining that dark edge of America where no one is safe, not even from themselves. “ Gravesend is a book that hits you in the guts the same way David Goodis or Charles Willeford’s books do. Tom Franklin, author of Poachers, Hell at the Breech, Smonk, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and The Tilted World With unforgettable characters, a fist for a plot and a deeply evocative setting, Boyle navigates alleys and streets with the best of them, Lehane, Price, and Pelecanos.” “ Gravesend is a taut exploration of the ways we hurt and save (or try to save) one another.
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