Description
On the eve of World War II, a Brooklyn boy finds fellowship among the freaks and "low-lifes" of Coney Island as he considers the nature of art, philosophy, and life. A first novel. Reprint.
Read More
Coney Island, 1939. On the eve of World War II, fifteen-year-old Harry Catzker spends his after-school hours on his bike, picking up betting slips from Coney Island carnival freaks for the local bookie and racing his imaginary sworn enemy, German Captain Ziegenbaum, whose ship menaces the coastline. As the lights of the Cyclone and Luna Park glow in the Coney Island night, Harry finds a surrogate family in the freaks and low-lifes.
Read Less