Sign-In
Cart
The Butcher's Sons
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 1608642305
ISBN13: 9781608642304
Publisher: Q Mojo
Published: Aug 9 2022
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781608642304
Publisher: Q Mojo
Published: Aug 9 2022
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book awardee, The Butcher's Sons is a gritty, intimate portrait of three young Irish-American brothers whose lives irrevocably change during a heat wave in New York City's Hell's Kitchen, circa 1930. Bound by blood but separated by forbidden secrets, brothers-Dickie, Walt and Adlai-run a butcher shop for their alcoholic father, whose broken spirit has isolated him from the world. When Dickie makes a rash decision, involving an organized crime family, a chain of events are triggered changing the brothers' lives and forcing them to come together-at first, with a sense of camaraderie, but ultimately, with something much fiercer, more brutal.
Shot through with themes of honor, betrayal, race and sexual identity Hess' masterful, elegant style weaves these diverse elements into a seamless narrative that touches the heart of what it means to be human.
With a new introduction by journalist Ian MacAllen.
A brutal and lyrically gorgeous story of three Irish brothers' during the 1930s as they transgress social and moral norms to satisfy their desires, despite the dire consequences. - John Copenhaver, Lambda Literary Review
At once gritty, poetic, and romantic, Hess' masterful, elegant style weaves these diverse elements into a seamless narrative that touches the heart of what it means to be human. - Kirkus Reviews
This more modern retelling of King Lear brings the kingdom down to the streets, but the heart-wrenching cruelty of fate shows up in the same Shakespearean way...Hess weaves all three of these points of view together under the sweltering heat of Hell's Kitchen in the 1930's. The Butcher's Sons is told with such vibrancy and aroma, you can almost feel the sweat seeping out of your skin. - Luke Goldstein Blogcritics Editors Pick 5 Star Review
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Hess, Scott Alexander
Also in
Literary Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
$38.00
James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (Loa #26): The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
Cooper, James Fenimore
Hardcover
From $19.99
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, the Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon
Ellroy, James
Hardcover
$33.25
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
$5.99
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
$9.50
The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk
St Aubyn, Edward
Paperback
From $9.99