Christmas Kid
A collection of short stories about a long-gone Brooklyn from the legendary New York author of Forever.
“Hamill, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology.” —New York Times
“A veteran columnist at his best. . . . If you like O. Henry, you’ll appreciate Hamill.” —USA Today
Pete Hamill’s collected stories about Brooklyn present a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming with nostalgia—for the world after the war, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, and even, for some, the years of Prohibition and the Depression.
The Christmas Kid is vintage Hamill. Set in the borough where he was born and raised, it is a must-read for his many fans, for all who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was.
“Hamill has honed his nostalgia for a midcentury Brooklyn populated by immigrants, cops, and wiseguys.” —Washington Post
“Tales depicting a bygone era when bloody street fights, heartless murders, and torrid love affairs were all part of everyday life.” —New York Daily News
“Hamill’s great love is New York City, and his mission is to open a portal to the vanished world that lies beneath and alongside the modern trappings of today’s New York. He succeeds.” —Irish America