The Old Neighborhood, A NovelPosted in Books, Media Archive, Novels, United States on 2015-11-27 21:46Z by Steven |
Curbside Splendor Publishing
April 2014
502 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1940430003
Bill Hillmann’s debut novel, The Old Neighborhood, is the story of teenager Joe Walsh, the youngest in a large, mixed-race family living in Chicago. After Joe witnesses his older brother commit a gangland murder, his friends and family drag him down into a pit of violence that reaches a bloody impasse when his elder sister begins dating a rival gang member. The Old Neighborhood is both a brutal tale of growing up tough in a mean city, and a beautiful harkening to the heartbreak of youth.