Dangerous Boys
by Greg F. Gifune
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Pub Date Mar 05 2018 | Archive Date Mar 12 2018
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Description
All they had was each other…and nothing to lose…
Summer, 1984. For Richie Lionetti and his gang of friends, their years as teenagers are coming to an end. At a crossroad in their lives as petty criminals and thugs on the mean streets of New Bedford, Massachusetts, they’ve got one final summer, one last chance to fall in love, brawl for their turf, rob and pillage, and one last chance to make a move and pull a job that could change their lives forever.
As a series of brutal heatwaves hit southeastern Massachusetts, the city boils, and everyone is on edge. In the hopes of finding something better, Richie desperately searches for meaning in all the violence, sex and degradation that is his daily life. But at what price?
Part coming-of-age tale, part dark crime thriller, Dangerous Boys is the story of a group of young punks with nothing left to lose, fighting to find themselves, their futures, and a way out of the madness and darkness before it’s too late.
Advance Praise
“Extremely well written and quite compelling, Dangerous Boys hits all the right marks. It’s a novel you’ll enjoy reading and regret when the last page is turned. Reminded me a bit of Dennis Lehane, a bit of Martin Scorsese, and a bit of S.E. Hinton. What I’m saying is: Greg F. Gifune has written a crime novel that’s character-driven, jarringly violent, and somehow tender.” —Grant Jerkins, author of Abnormal Man
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781946502520 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Dave W, Reviewer
Most of these kind of stories -whether a book or a movie - are set in the fifties when crews of leather-clad Italian rough guys from the wrong side of the tracks were all the rage. This is art in the 80's with heavy metal in the background and it's New Bedford, Mass, not Brooklyn, NY. Richie and his oaks are bad dudes and issue beat downs to anyone who messes with them or their girls. They are on the road to nowheresville but they got each other and they are the kings of New Bedford, pulling off small time crap, wondering if they got the balls for the Big time. There are some cliches here like the corn-bred college gal from Iowa and the uncle with the juice and the connections. But there's brutal, realistic, gritty realism here and the author somehow gets it all just right in the narrative language and the dialogue. It feels genuine, not fake. Richie is complex, and ultimately feels real. It's violent, nasty, and there's no damn somewhere over the rainbow. But it's the real deal, the genuine one.
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