I was accompanied on this journey by my wife, to whom this book properly belongs. But I was also in the company of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Erik Satie, Scott Joplin, Benny More, Miles Davis, J. S. Bach, the unknown masters of Gregorian chant, and Duke Ellington, and by a marvelous creature named Gabo, who was what John Cheever once called “a former dog.” Gabo didn’t live to see me finish, but he’s in these pages too.
About the Author
Pete Hamill has been editor in chief of both the New York Post and the New York Daily News, for which he currently writes a regular column. In his writing for these publications as well as the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Newsday, he has brought the city to life for millions of readers. He is the author of previous bestselling books, including, most recently, the memoir A Drinking Life and the novel Snow in August. He lives in New York City.
ALSO BY PETE HAMILL
Novels
A Killing for Christ
The Gift
Dirty Laundry
Flesh and Blood
The Deadly Piece
The Guns of Heaven
Loving Women
Snow in August
Short Story Collections
The Invisible City
Tokyo Sketches
Journalism
Irrational Ravings
Piecework
News Is a Verb
Tools as Art
Memoir
A Drinking Life
Biography
Diego Rivera
Why Sinatra Matters