Peter Z.’s Reviews > Daddy Was a Number Runner > Status Update

Much more on the life and environs of a young New Yorker in poverty, than on the numbers game. The editor's note tries to cast it as a feminist story but there was a bit of stretching to that. Overall I wish it was more about Daddy and what he did as a number runner. Unfortunately Daddy was mostly absent and of what we do learn about the numbers game, not much comes directly from the protagonist first-hand.