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A review by tdblaylock
City of Margins by William Boyle
4.0
When Donnie and Donna Parascandolo's son, Gabe, commits suicide, and when Rosemarie Baldini's husband and Mikey Baldini's father dies, these families along with others are connected in ways they could never imagine. Boyle's dark and evocative new novel is drama and mafia mystery at its finest.
Many authors can either develop characters well or spin a great plot, but only few can do so as Boyle has done here. His writing is so lifelike, and makes you feel like you are in the room watching the dialogue happening. His ability to interweave the different characters' lives is truly the pinnacle of the art. I've read several books that have tried to something similar, but Boyle shows how small the world can really be when life happens. His characters cover a broad spectrum of life, and he develops them in a way that you care even for the bad guys because he shows the humanity and the struggles in them all.
City of Margins can be dark, rough, and emotionally draining, but he includes hope even in the darkest places. This is one that anyone can enjoy whether you're looking for a mafia thriller or a book heavy in character development.
As an Oxford, Mississippi ex-pat, I was really happy to see this author now lives there. He is true testament to the legacy of Oxford authors.
Many authors can either develop characters well or spin a great plot, but only few can do so as Boyle has done here. His writing is so lifelike, and makes you feel like you are in the room watching the dialogue happening. His ability to interweave the different characters' lives is truly the pinnacle of the art. I've read several books that have tried to something similar, but Boyle shows how small the world can really be when life happens. His characters cover a broad spectrum of life, and he develops them in a way that you care even for the bad guys because he shows the humanity and the struggles in them all.
City of Margins can be dark, rough, and emotionally draining, but he includes hope even in the darkest places. This is one that anyone can enjoy whether you're looking for a mafia thriller or a book heavy in character development.
As an Oxford, Mississippi ex-pat, I was really happy to see this author now lives there. He is true testament to the legacy of Oxford authors.