{"product_id":"the-christmas-kid-and-other-brooklyn-stories-9780316232746","title":"The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of short stories about a long-gone Brooklyn from the legendary New York writer Pete Hamill. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christmas Kid\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hamill, a master raconteur, mines his own roots in this enchanting new anthology.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePete Hamill\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2020) was a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He was the author of twenty-two books, including the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eTabloid City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForever\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSnow in August\u003c\/i\u003e, and the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eA Drinking Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844342747410,"sku":"9780316232746","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6585e647-4f46-4a03-a383-de3656c06a35.jpg?v=1737317441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-christmas-kid-and-other-brooklyn-stories-9780316232746","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}