Overview
An explosive crime drama,Ā Shoot the Moonlight OutĀ evokes a mystical Brooklyn where the sidewalks are cracked, where Virgin Mary statues tilt inĀ fenced front yards, and where smudges of moonlight reflect in puddles even on the blackest nights.
Southern Brooklyn, July 1996. Fire hydrants are open and spraying water on the sizzling blacktop. Punk kids have to make their own fun. BobbyĀ Santovasco and his pal Zeke like to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway. They think itās dumb and harmless until itās too late to thinkĀ otherwise. Then thereās Jack Cornacchia, a widower who lives with his high school age daughter Amelia and reads meters for Con Ed but also has aĀ secret life as a vigilante, righting neighborhood wrongs through acts of violence. A simple mission to strong-arm a Bay Ridge con man, Max Berry,Ā leads him to cross paths with a tragedy that hits close to home. Ā Ā Ā
Fast forward five years: June 2001. The summer before New York City and the world changed for good. Charlie French is a low-level gangster-wannabe trying to make a name for himself. When he stumbles onto a bowling alley locker stuffed with a bag full of cash, he brings it to his only pal,Ā Max Berry, for safekeeping while he cleans up the mess surrounding it. Bobby Santovascoāwith no real future mapped out and the big sin of hisĀ past shining brightly in his rearview mirrorāhas taken a job working as an errand boy for Max Berry. On a recruiting run for Maxās Ponzi scheme,Ā Bobby meets Francesca Clarke, born in the neighborhood but an outsider nonetheless. They hit it off. Bobby gets the idea to knock off Maxās safe soĀ he and Francesca can escape Brooklyn forever. Little does he know what Charlie French has stashed there.
Meanwhile, Bobbyās former stepsister, Lily Murphy, is back home in the neighborhood after college, teaching a writing class in the basement of St. Mary's church. She's also being stalked by her college boyfriend. One of her students is Jack Cornacchia. When she opens up to him about herĀ stalker, Jack decides to take matters into his own hands.
A riveting portrait of lives crashing together at the turn of the century,Ā Shoot the Moonlight OutĀ is tragic and tender and funny and strange. A sense ofĀ loss is palpableāwhat has been lost and what will be lostāand Boyleās characters face down old ghosts with grim determination,Ā as ripples ofĀ consequence radiate in dangerous directions.
This book title, Shoot the Moonlight Out (A Novel), ISBN: 9781643138251, by William Boyle, published by Pegasus Books (November 2, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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