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Title: Just like Harry Chapin's "Taxi"!
Review: No characterization. Who is Eva? and what makes him carry the torch for her all his life? We know that Billy is a pleasant drunk, and that's all we know about any character in this book. Billy drank himself to death. Near the end we find out a secret. Before that is 200 pages of obvious--why am I reading this?--filler. I'm NY Irish myself, but was frustrated by the paucity of culturalisms I could relate to. Notice not many reviews for this book? Speaks for itself; most people without anything nice to say don't say anything at all. I see why they call this an "upset winner" of the book award. It is on the slight, trite side
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