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A friend is a gift you give yourself : a novel / William Boyle.

Summary:

After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her eighty-year-old neighbour Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she embarks on a bizarre adventure. The stage is set for an explosion that will propel Rena, Wolfie, a one-time Golden Age porn star and retired Florida Suncoast grifter, and Rena's granddaughter Lucia down a strange path, each woman running from something and unsure what comes next.

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  • ISBN: 9781643130583 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: 302 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Crime, 2019.
Subject: Female friendship > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Organized crime > Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Noir fiction.

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William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His novels include: Gravesend, which was nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France; The Lonely Witness, which was nominated for the Hammett Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, an Amazon Best Book of the Year; and, most recently, City of Margins, a Washington Post Best Thriller and Mystery Book of 2020. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His novels include: Gravesend, which was nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France; The Lonely Witness, which was nominated for the Hammett Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, an Amazon Best Book of the Year; and, most recently, City of Margins, a Washington Post Best Thriller and Mystery Book of 2020. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.


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