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An explosive crime drama, Shoot the Moonlight Out evokes a mystical Brooklyn where the sidewalks are cracked, where Virgin Mary statues tilt in fenced front yards, and where smudges of moonlight reflect in puddles even on the blackest nights....
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Brooklyn, July 1996. Punk kids have to make their own fun in the summer. Bobby Santovasco likes to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway.
Then there's Jack Cornacchia, a widower who lives with his daughter Amelia and reads meters but also has a secret life as a vigilante, righting neighbourhood wrongs through acts of violence. A simple job to strong-arm a Bay Ridge con man, Max Berry, leads him to a tragedy that hits close to home.
Fast forward five years: June 2001. Charlie French is a gangster-wannabe trying to make his name. Bobby Santovasco - with no future mapped out and one big sin in his past - has taken a job working as an errand boy for Max.
On a recruiting run for Max's schemes, Bobby meets Francesca, and gets the idea to knock off Max's safe so he and she can escape Brooklyn forever. Little does he know what Charlie French has stashed there.
Meanwhile, Bobby's former stepsister, Lily Murphy, is back home after college. One of her students is Jack Cornacchia. When she opens up to him about her stalker, a college boyfriend, Jack decides to take matters into his own hands.
Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle offers a gripping tale of mischief, intrigue, and vengeance set against the backdrop of Brooklyn's gritty streets. In Boyle's evocative storytelling, characters navigate the treacheries of their own making, each linked by personal vendettas and the desire for redemption.
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Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle is praised as a masterly piece of literary noir, offering a mature and nuanced narrative that would appeal to fans of George Pelecanos. The book vividly depicts New York, particularly at night, immersing readers with its atmospheric details. It features a kaleidoscope of intertwined characters and timelines, creating a complex portrait of South Brooklyn around the millennium. Reviews highlight the novel as an immersive, absorbing, and one of Boyle's best works.
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ISBN: 9780857304933
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 March 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: No Exit Press
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
William Boyle is the author of eight books set in and around the southern Brooklyn neighbourhood of Gravesend, where he was born and raised. His books have been nominated for the Hammett Prize, the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award in the UK, and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France, and they have been included on best-of lists in Washington Post, CrimeReads, and more. He currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
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