Product Description
CityRats is an action-packed crime novel that tears its way through the tenements and streets of New York City during the ’50s and ’60s. This was a transitional period when immigrants and veterans alike were starting their families after WWII. Life was good, but there was also an undercurrent of violence. School children played in the streets and learned life’s lessons the hard way. The reader is immediately plunged into Nick’s fear and anxiety as an eye surgeon hesitantly announces that the fourteen-year-old boy’s eye must be removed. What unfolds during and after the surgery is an unforgettable journey down memory lane that is juxtaposed against gang wars, bar fights, and mobster intrigues. It is a “how to” survival manual that enlightens as it entertains. But above all, it is about self-discovery and values.