Heart of the Old Country

By: Tim McLoughlin

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Synopsis: A young man stumbles into danger in his Brooklyn neighborhood in this &“inspired&” crime novel that is &“part coming-of-age story, part thriller&” (Entertainment Weekly). In working-class Bay Ridge, Michael drives for a car service and gives lifts to his father, a former sanitation worker and current small-time bookie. He has a friend with a heroin habit, and a longtime girlfriend who expects they&’ll get married one of these days. Michael spends most of his time on the familiar streets where he grew up, but now he&’s crossing the bridge into Manhattan for some college classes—where he meets a seductive female classmate who seems to come from a whole different world. He is pulled in two directions, but it seems like he has time to figure it all out—until he finds himself in the periphery of a murder that will change his destiny forever . . . &“Sweet, sardonic and by turns hilarious and tragic . . . Powerfully describes the bonds between Michael and his father . . . The novel&’s greatest achievement is its tender depiction of Michael as a would-be tough guy, trying to follow his father&’s dictum of &‘Give them nothing,&’ while undergoing a painful education in the real world.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Reads like an inspired cross between Richard Price&’s Bloodbrothers and Ross Macdonald&’s The Chill.&” —Entertainment Weekly