Songs of Vagabonds, Misfits, and Sinners: New York Stories

From the author of THE LOVE BOOK, a collection of gritty tales set in New York City, a town full of characters who are as out of place in their own skins as they are in the ever-evolving neighborhoods they call home.Non Ho Tutto il In Carroll Gardens, an old Italian neighborhood that is not so Italian anymore, two locals who spent their entire lives there suddenly feel out of place.Job in For Ramón, a janitor from South Williamsburg, art is life. He talks to paintings. Sometimes they talk back to him. Now, he thinks he has just created a masterpiece.The Metronome Winds If Pat can scrape together ten grand, he can buy his wife two more months of medical treatment. He has a scheme, but everything has a cost.The In Washington Heights, the highest point in Manhattan, life is going downhill for Liz and her daughter Haley, who are barely making ends meet, thanks to Mom’s new occupation downtown.Claimus Flees Albert Claimus wakes up from a booze-fueled sleep in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment to find out that he’s being watched. But by whom?These are stories of a city that is familiar and yet constantly changing, populated by characters who never saw it coming and are struggling to get it together.