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Overview'Prostitution, gambling, fencing, contract murder, loan sharking, political corruption and crime of every sort were the daily trade in Philadelphia's Tenderloin, the oldest part of town. The Kevitch family ruled this stew for a half a century, from Prohibition to the rise of the Atlantic City. My mother was a Kevitch.' This punchy yet lyrical memoir is magically rendered, vividly evoking the smell, heat, atmosphere and raw emotion of downtown Philadelphia. From his sprawling extended family to every day faces he sees on the streets, Dan Burt deftly brings each character alive with empathy, a dark humour and feeling. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dan BurtPublisher: Notting Hill Editions Imprint: Notting Hill Editions ISBN: 9781907903854ISBN 10: 1907903852 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 02 November 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsI - Certain Windows Ancestral Houses: Fourth and Daly Ninth and Race Childhood's Houses: 716 South Fourth 5141 Whitaker Ave II - No Expectations Toddler Framework Grade School Butcher Shops The Store Pennsauken Central High III - The Blue Guitars John Mulloy The Sea Captain J. Burt Mate Girls Fool Me Once IV - Envoi LondonReviews'Mixing working-class roots and mean streets with college cloisters and Ivy League privilege, Burt is forever trying to make sense of his many-sided identity, though in a commendably unsolipsistic way.' TLS Author InformationDan Burt's writing draws on his work as a butcher, sailor, lawyer, public figure, and businessman in, among other places, South Philadelphia; the sea off New Jersey; Washington D.C.; New York; Boston; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and London. He lives and writes in London, Maine, and St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he is an Honorary Fellow. You Think It Strange is an expanded version of Dan Burt's riveting prose memoir, first published in his collection Certain Windows(2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |