{"product_id":"9781835010396_saint-of-the-narrows-street","title":"Saint of the Narrows Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed author William Boyle, who has come to be known as the 'crime poet of Brooklyn', follows the lives of two sisters who become embroiled in an accidental murder and a well-planned cover-up.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed author William Boyle, who has come to be known as the 'crime poet of Brooklyn', follows the lives of two sisters who become embroiled in an accidental murder and a well-planned cover-up.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'William Boyle's best novel yet, a vibrant, operatic tale of two resilient, big-hearted sisters and the fateful night that sets their life on a path they never intended. Not since Richard Price has a writer brought New York to such vivid, spectacular life' \u003cstrong\u003eMegan Abbott, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeware the Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio. Risa is a loving mother, a faithful wife, a saintly neighbour - but lately, her husband's slow dive into criminality and abuse has threatened her peace, raising concerns about her and her baby's safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night her younger sister, Giulia, moves in with Risa to recover from a bad break-up, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on the spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for selfdefense, or bury the man's body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav's childhood friend—the sweet, loyal Christopher \"Chooch\" Gardini—to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the vast, dramatic expanse of the next eighteen years, life goes on in the working-class Italian neighbourhood of Gravesend as Risa, Giulia, and Chooch grapple with the choice they made that night—and each forge a different path when the cracks of a supposedly seamless cover-up begin to reveal themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898443878549,"sku":"9781835010396","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781835010396_61992abc-88b1-44c3-94d3-02b05173f36e.jpg?v=1776888157","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781835010396_saint-of-the-narrows-street","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}