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Synopsis
In this vivid memoir of growing up poor in Boston, a man recalls the colorful characters who played an important part in his life--some strong role models, others gangsters and worse--and considers the high cost of survival and why success falls on some and eludes others.
| Details | | Series: | Ballantine Reader's Circle |
| Size | | Length: | 266 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"MacDonald's nimble prose and detailed recall of grim times long past make for luminous reading; his hard-won conception of how ghettoized poverty spawns localized violence, and the dignity he brings to lives snuffed out in chaos, gives ALL SOULS a moral urgency usually lacking in current memoir or crime prose."
Rubin
"ALL SOULS is the written equivalent of an Irish wake, where revelers dance and sing the dead person's praises. In that same style, the book leavens tragedy with dashes of humor but preserves the heartbreaking details."
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