Review: Another great one from Mr. Carillo!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2012
Two decades - this is the span of time from the start of the story to the present time when Jack returns to Mott Street in Little Italy (NYC) for Vinnie's funeral.  Jack and Vinnie only knew each other during the first of these twenty years.  Around 95% of the story happened during that first year, most of the remaining 5% were flashbacks, then there was just a tiny bit that happened in the last 19 years.Notwithstanding, the story of the friendship that developed, and the lives affected by that friendship/partnership in that one year carried the entire plot and made for one beautiful novel.  The friendship between Jack and Vinnie surpassed age, race, social status, connections; proof that friendship knows no bounds.  Add to that, the novel was enriched by sub-plots of the various people that Jack and Vinnie encountered in their work as newspaper journalist/photographer.One thing I love about Charlie Carillo's books is that he is able to weave his stories from one event - be it ordinary or special - and that single event becomes the hub from which different spokes are connected to form the rim that wraps up the whole story.