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With distinctive voices, compelling characters, on-the-ground observation, and suspense, this book offers a serious, illuminating take on the changing tides of race, class, and politics in late twentieth-century Chicago. It tells the story of a plasterer turned landlord in Chicago who, in the late 1970s.

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"A raw and vivid slice of Chicago." (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times) "Granger has painted the picture of a familiar working class type so brilliantly and with such sensitivity that the experience of living with Frankie Coolin for a few critical weeks of his life is nothing short of revelatory.... At the end of his story we are all the better for having walked a long mile uphill in his work shoes. Never mind literary categorizations, Time for Frankie Coolin is a potent and insightful work of art." (Stanley Ellin, New York Times Book Review)"

Time for Frankie Coolin A Novel

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    A Paperback / softback by Bill Granger, Bill Savage

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 6 November 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226202648
      978-0226202648
      ISBN-10 022620264X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With distinctive voices, compelling characters, on-the-ground observation, and suspense, this book offers a serious, illuminating take on the changing tides of race, class, and politics in late twentieth-century Chicago. It tells the story of a plasterer turned landlord in Chicago who, in the late 1970s.

      Trade Review
      "A raw and vivid slice of Chicago." (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times) "Granger has painted the picture of a familiar working class type so brilliantly and with such sensitivity that the experience of living with Frankie Coolin for a few critical weeks of his life is nothing short of revelatory.... At the end of his story we are all the better for having walked a long mile uphill in his work shoes. Never mind literary categorizations, Time for Frankie Coolin is a potent and insightful work of art." (Stanley Ellin, New York Times Book Review)"

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