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    The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories
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    The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories
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    The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories

    Written by Pete Hamill

    Narrated by Henry Leyva

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    About this audiobook

    "Hamill, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology." ---New York Times

    Pete Hamill's collected stories about Brooklyn present a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming with nostalgia---for the world after the war, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, and even, for some, the years of Prohibition and the Depression.

    THE CHRISTMAS KID is vintage Hamill. Set in the borough where he was born and raised, it is a must-read for his many fans, for all who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateOct 30, 2012
    ISBN9781619698215
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    • 4/5
      I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway and I am very thankful for Goodreads and for having this book. I have been reading this book for several weeks. It is not long In length and the stories do not require much time to read but It is a book you pick up, read a story, then walk away and ponder the words, the story and why it had to be that way. I have always enjoyed Pete Hamill's writing and I love having all these stories in one book.

      After many segues and taking time to complete many other books I finally finished the last story. This is a book of stories about Brookylyn and its inhabitants. I was introduced to boys named Eddie, Duke and Vito and girls named Betty, Dorothy and Gerry. Included in the pages was Sonny Marino and the Cavaliers, Grady the artist, Rattigan's Bar and Grill, Carmody the writer, the Dodgers and Giants, Sunset pool, Coney Island and Prospect Park, and the Korean Conflict. While not every story was a masterpiece, each was well written and resonated of life in Brooklyn in the 1950's.

      I am sure I will pull this off the shelf from time to time to be transported back and become reacquainted with a very talented writer.
    • 4/5
      The neighborhood of Brooklyn, over the span of thirty years, a huge melting pot of a place and a place that this author loves. I really enjoyed these stories, all the things that happen in a neighborhood, the good, the bad and of course the ugly. So very real, real people and real situations. Reminded me so much of my old neighborhood in Chicago, a mix of nationalities, playing in the alley, the streets, just the sense of belonging, thinking that it would all last forever. Of course, anyone who tries to go back will find it all different, and will be filled with such a sense of sadness. This air of nostalgia, yearning for a past that no longer exists anywhere but in our memories. This is why I love these stories, for their nostalgic feeling and for making me remember the good and the bad of times past.