{"product_id":"the-old-neighborhood-paperback","title":"The Old Neighborhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Hillmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago's Far North Side, a few decades ago-a rough-and-tumble place, awash with racial tensions and petty crime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoey, the youngest child in a mixed-race family, is pushing his way up through the cracked pavement of a chaotic life: parish festivals and block parties on long summer nights, fistfights in back alleys on boring empty days, long walks up and down Clark Street pocketing envelopes of collection money for his older brother, Lil' Pat. It's easy enough to pretend it's all normal, until he sees Pat murder a man in a neighborhood drugstore. Now he's haunted by the memory of blood pooling on the green tiles under the flickering fluorescent lights, torn by the conflict between love of family and disgust over what they do--and desperate to survive the insanity without being swept up in it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised second edition of Bill Hillmann's modern classic features a new introduction by \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e author Irvine Welsh. It's a perfect primer for a great book that deserves a place alongside the likes of Nelson Algren and James T. Farrell on the top shelf of Chicago literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Bill Hillmann is a full-time professor of English and Communications at East-West University in Chicago.\u003c\/b\u003e He is the author of three books--the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eMozos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pueblos\u003c\/i\u003e--and is turning \u003ci\u003eThe Old Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e into a trilogy. His writing has appeared at CNN, NPR, and VICE, and in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, and various others. He created the National College Story Slam competition, where students from across the country compete telling five-minute personal stories. Hillmann is a former Chicago Golden Gloves boxing champion and union construction laborer, and is married to Paula Andion Zabalza.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763213041952,"sku":"9781948954952","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/09419ff1f5fdab75e35d6407ba14bc05.webp?v=1780229915","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-old-neighborhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}