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I read Boyle’s debut set in his native Brooklyn Italian-American neighborhood (but not for long as California, Florida, Jersey, and Long Island beckon) last in his series recently reviewed by me. Since I had the library queue keeping Gravesend, a fitting title indeed, as attesting to its deserved popularity. I remain impressed as it’s probably his most adept plot which unlike some of his subsequent novels in