Jeffrey Donovan
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Language
English
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Description
Schulberg's acclaimed and bestselling novel, based on a classic of American cinema. In 1955, Budd Schulberg adapted his Academy Award-winning screenplay into an exhilarating novel. Suspenseful and emotional, the novel presents a more complex-and perhaps bleaker-portrait of ex-boxer Terry Malloy's corrupt and stunted world on the docks of Hoboken. Narrated by Father Pete Barry, the novel shifts focus to the courageous priest who stands up to the Mob,...