THEY WERE MOTHER AND SON. KATE AND BOBBY FALLON. HE WAS TO BECOME THE BEST WHITE HEAVY-WEIGHT OF HIS GENERATION, A ROUGH, HANDSOME CONTENDER FROM THE STREETS AND BARS OF BROOKLYN. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND ALONE.
Pete Hamill is a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He is the author of 15 previous books including the bestselling novels Snow in August and Forever and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life. He writes a column for the New York Daily News and lives in New York City.
