num_pages: 268
description: Two short novels, one about three generations of an Italian-American family in 1950s New York and the other about a respectable gynecologist who turns his self-hatred on everyone around him echo the themes of family and violence in relationships. 10,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Johnny Critelli and the Knifemen: Two Novels
titlecomplete: Johnny Critelli and the Knifemen: Two Novels
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Scribner