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The City Below
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The City Below Paperback - 1996

by Carroll, James

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In this compelling family saga set between 1960 and 1984 in Boston, this New York Times Notable Book of 1994 chronicles the lives of two brothers, Nick and Terry Doyle, as they strive to move beyond the strictures of their working-class Charlestown enighborhood to "the city below".

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  • Title The City Below
  • Author Carroll, James
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Paperbacks, New York
  • Date 1996-11-11
  • Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-V-4b-00631
  • ISBN 9780395825228 / 0395825229
  • Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.68 x 5.55 x 1.17 in (22.05 x 14.10 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93040837
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

In this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, James Carroll chronicles the lives of two brothers, Nick and Terry Doyle, as they strive to move beyond the strictures of their working-class Charlestown neighborhood to" the city below." Though one brother is drawn to the worlds of politics and real estate and the other to the underworld of organized crime, their fates remain inextricably linked as each struggles to break free of the blood tie holding him captive to the past. As in his previous best-selling novels Mortal Friends and Family Trade, James Carroll seamlessly blends fiction and history to create a gripping tale of family bonds and ethnic violence, vows and betrayals, and political intrigue in the inner sanctums of both church and state.

Media reviews

"a rich, seductive meld of characters real and fictive, of history and fancy" The New York Times

Citations

  • New York Times, 04/06/1997, Page 32

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