Brother Years
Brother Years From the acclaimed author of Black Flies and Into the Savage Country, a powerful new novel of class striving and the precarious dynamics of brotherhood in the Chicago suburbs of the…
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Brother Years
From the acclaimed author of Black Flies and Into the Savage Country, a powerful new novel of class striving and the precarious dynamics of brotherhood in the Chicago suburbs of the late 1970s. In the Brennan house four kids sleep in a single room, and are indoctrinated into "The Methods," a system of achievement and relentless striving, laced with a potent, sometimes violent version of sibling rivalry. "In our family, there was none of this crap about everyone being a winner," says Willie, the narrator, who looks back on his teen years--and his nearly mortal combat with his domineering older brother, Coyle.
Rivals, enemies, and allies, the siblings contend with one another The family is overseen by a raging bull of a father, a South Side tough guy who knocks them sideways when they don't perform well or follow his dictates.