A character-driven crime novel; a spellbinding portrait of three buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York.
Monty Brogan has one last night of freedom before serving seven years in Federal prison for dealing drugs, and one last chance to say goodbye to the people he's leaving behind.
His father, a Brooklyn tavern keeper, wants him to run. His best friends, Frank Slattery, a hard-drinking Wall Street gambler, and Jakob Elinsky, a neurotic high school teacher with a guilty crush on a student, want to give Monty a final good night to remember. His boss, an enigmatic crime lord called Uncle Blue, wants him to keep his mouth shut.
But nobody knows what Monty wants, or what he's planning. Not his girlfriend, a Puerto Rican beauty with more ties to Monty's criminal life than she cares to admit. Not his former partner, a Ukrainian thug with false teeth and a predilection for the music of Bruce Springsteen. Not even Doyle, Monty's most loyal companion, a pit bull he rescued from certain death.
Tonight they will roam the snowy streets of New York City, plagued by their own dreams and memories, unsure where Monty is leading them, what they'll find when they get there, or how they'll ever get home again.
