Who lives in Andoshen, Pa.? Wards of Darryl Ponicsan'smemory and imagination: Shakey the Cop, Thunder Przwalski, the Reader at thecigar factory, Duncan, who once gave Willie Mosconi a good game, Kayo Mackey,said to be the only boy ever to hurt Gene Tunney in the ring, Stump Bonomo,Champion of the Tri-County Finger League, and various others who managed a coaltown kind of immortality. The poverty of Andoshen is as rich as that ofTortilla Flat or Cannery Row. It is a unique additon to the literary map of theworld.
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Darryl Ponicsan, author and screenwriter, divides his time betweenSeattle and the California wine country. He is currently at work on another novel.
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