![]() Now on the run from ''the most dangerous lunatic in New York,'' Kid soon makes matters much worse by romancingĪ girl he doesn't know is Gyp's sister Esther. Kid Twist incurs the lasting enmity of his fellow gangster Gyp the Blood when he hits Gyp withĪ shovel in order to save a newsboy (or so he thinks) from having his back broken across Gyp's knee. The novel's whirligig of plots more or less all proceed from an incident that follows a heavily bet dog-and-rat fight in a basement off Baxter Street. Historical fiction at its most entertaining and, in a number of spots, most high-handed. ![]() Shanghais all sorts of real-life Tammany pols, Bowery gangsters, factory girls and carnival attractions to join his own inventions inside a book that teems with violence, humor, information and hustle. By THOMAS MALLONĮvin Baker's jampacked novel of New York City circa 1910 rushes between lower Manhattan and Coney Island like a wild amusement-park ride on a continuous loop. This novel of turn-of-the-century New York covers Coney Island, gangsters and the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. ![]()
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