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Long Time Gone: A Novel
Danny Cassidy couldn't remember if he'd killed the cop. So begins one man's journey through his fifty-year-old history and conscience in Long Time Gone, Denis Hamill's gripping novel set in the back streets and alleyways of Brooklyn, U.S.A.
It's the year 2001 when Danny, a divorced journalist, returns to his old neighborhood for his father's funeral. He's spent all of his adult life trying to leave Brooklyn behind him -- along with all the drugs, music, and other psychedelic memories from the sixties spent on Hippie Hill. But now that the box of rain has been opened there's no turning back, and Danny must face some painful truths about the woman he used to love -- and her father, a police officer, whom he may or may not have killed.
By turns a thriller, a detective story, and a coming-of-age tale, Long Time Gone is a bittersweet love letter to a lost New York that no reader will soon forget.
It's the year 2001 when Danny, a divorced journalist, returns to his old neighborhood for his father's funeral. He's spent all of his adult life trying to leave Brooklyn behind him -- along with all the drugs, music, and other psychedelic memories from the sixties spent on Hippie Hill. But now that the box of rain has been opened there's no turning back, and Danny must face some painful truths about the woman he used to love -- and her father, a police officer, whom he may or may not have killed.
By turns a thriller, a detective story, and a coming-of-age tale, Long Time Gone is a bittersweet love letter to a lost New York that no reader will soon forget.
416 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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March 8, 2012
Oh, another one of those.
A made-for-TV movie put onto the page.
Sex, drugs, crime, violence, and plot twists in every chapter.
Almost exhausting to read at some points.
The ending was so over the top that I had to put the book down and laugh a couple times. I wondered if Denis did the same. One last twisted scenario thrown into the last few pages for good measure.
However it was all very New York, which I very much enjoyed. And I mean yeah, it was an exciting read. Read this if you're drunk or tired or are homesick for New York. That's all I have to say.
A made-for-TV movie put onto the page.
Sex, drugs, crime, violence, and plot twists in every chapter.
Almost exhausting to read at some points.
The ending was so over the top that I had to put the book down and laugh a couple times. I wondered if Denis did the same. One last twisted scenario thrown into the last few pages for good measure.
However it was all very New York, which I very much enjoyed. And I mean yeah, it was an exciting read. Read this if you're drunk or tired or are homesick for New York. That's all I have to say.
December 4, 2020
3.75. A little heavy to get through at points but a very satisfying ending
January 15, 2021
Very true to New York, great plot twists all throughout the story. An exciting read that’s leaves it’s reader fulfilled. Just remember it is fiction so it is unrealistic at some points.
August 14, 2024
This book is freaking awesome!!!
December 29, 2016
Slow starter, but then sucked into the lives of very different people. I will miss them, I think.
May 29, 2016
Okay, maybe it's better than 2 stars - but lots of flaws from the point of view of someone who was there. And lots of flaws for 50-year-olds looking back at that time. Over the top, but a fun trip back anyway.
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