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Outside Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1960, the burning of a black familys home causes David Nachman to decide, I was going to be a doctor, a good doctor like my father. It is, however, a very different future that awaits David. In a single moment his life changes forever in this stunning new book from the author of the acclaimed novel Therapy . The son of a dedicated doctor and a fragile artistic mother, David grows up feeling an outsider as a Jew in a gentile neighborhood, but struggles to fit in. He becomes friends with a group of teenagers who play poker for high stakes, ride around in fast cars, and crack jokes about sex that leave fifteen-year-old (and still prepubescent) David laughing along in hidden pain. For better or worse, much worse perhaps, I followed Vic, Chuckie, and Crow up Rynard Road I thought of these guys as my family: glue-haired Crow Randazzo, sweet-potato-grin Vic Quint, and croupier Chuckie Halbert. A sudden challenge from his friends results in a horrifying accident, plunging David into a future far beyond any troubles he or his family could have ever imagined. Told retrospectively, with clarity and gentle wit, Davids story unfolds with mesmerizing intensity.

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Author

Steven Schwartz

Publisher

New York: William Morrow

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780688154011

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14