books

… But Gaines is a New Yorker at heart having been born and raised in Brooklyn and spent years in ratty downtown … this your dream neighborhood or is there someplace else in NYC youd prefer to settle in … I still love Greenwich … rent … First I was a sublet then I rented with an option to buy from the owner I finally bought the house in 1976 for …

… that is … Netherland by Joseph ONeill … In honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics consider this sportsoriented novel … Gatsbys goal of reinvention of the selfa motivation that predates Gatsby and still fuels so many of the citys new … its easy to understand his draw The other protagonist Coco dates one of Jessicas brothers himself an aspiring gangster …