"People go after the American Dream but end up getting the American Story," by which he means corporate corruption. "Big money will knock your head off," promises Bronson, 32. "It comes down to people with resentment and greed and fear winning out over those with ideals... I'd hit bottom but this irrepressible creative spirit sort of rescued me."
Attending Fordham University in the Bronx by day, he descended 90 stories beneath the streets of New York by night to build the city's newest water tunnel. The difficult and dangerous work of the sandhogs -- vividly and sympathetically portrayed -- is the memorable backdrop for the seemingly unstoppable action of this book, and Kelly admits that one of his chief aims is that readers gain "a greater appreciation for what sandhogs -- and construction workers in general -- do and what they mean to the life of the city and the country."
Love and Houses
Z
A Dave Riley Novel
By Bob Mayer
Lyford Books/Presidio Press
After Hannibal
By Barry Unsworth
Doubleday
A Face at the Window
By Dennis McFarland
Broadway Books
Jackson
A Novel
By Max Byrd
Bantam Books
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