A collection of short stories about a long-gone Brooklyn from the legendary New York writer Pete Hamill.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, ...

A collection of short stories about a long-gone Brooklyn from the legendary New York writer Pete Hamill.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, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology." -- New York Times***