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"Both a suspenseful crime story and the saga of a troubled Irish- American family... Superb." (Associated Press)
Kevin Curran was ready to give up on his younger brother, Danny, who is lost to heroin addiction and hard, desperate living on the streets of New York. So when Danny shows up on Kevin's Staten Island doorstep, looking clean, fit, and prosperous, Kevin can't help but be overjoyed.
But when Danny offers Kevin a role in an underworld plot revolving around the abandoned Bloodroot Children's Hospital, not even Kevin's worst nightmares could have prepared him for what he'll discover or the horrific revelations that will pit them against a world of murder, mob hitmen-and each other.
I first read Bloodroot when it came out in hard cover. It was one of those fabulous winter vacation books, one of those curl up by the fire and break out the winter ales kind of books. I was anxious to read this, as I had just finished his Fresh Kills and was hoping that his sophomore novel would be just as good. It did not disappoint. Loehfelm populates his book with real people, people whom you would know if you lived in NYC, in this instance Staten Island,very well. If you do not live in NYC, then you will get a good sense of what a working class, non-stereotypical (though not atypical) Staten Islander/outer borough NYC resident lives and breathes every day. His protagonist is a sharply drawn combination of brainy and a bit outside the margin. It's a mystery, it's a love story, it's even a little gothic. So here I am on winter vacation again thinking about pleasurable reads, and Bloodroot came to mind. I don't often re-read novels, non-fiction for sure, but not novels. This one brought me so much pleasure the first time around, I wanted to read it again. I was up until the early hours of the morning enjoying my second-go-round with Bloodroot. I look forward to a third Loehfelm novel and am hoping that I won't have to wait until next winter vacation for it. I highly recommend this book--it's smart, it's insightful, and it's just plain fun to read.
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"Both a suspenseful crime story and the saga of a troubled Irish- American family... Superb." (Associated Press)
Kevin Curran was ready to give up on his younger brother, Danny, who is lost to heroin addiction and hard, desperate living on the streets of New York. So when Danny shows up on Kevin's Staten Island doorstep, looking clean, fit, and prosperous, Kevin can't help but be overjoyed.
But when Danny offers Kevin a role in an underworld ...