The Irish Examiner has a fabulous review of David Prete's new book: August and Then Some
David will be at The Book Stall at 7 p.m. on May 7th.
Intricate web of guiltAugust and Then Some
David Prete
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Review: Val Nolan
A work of ferocious insight and craftsmanship, David Prete’s sophomore effort opens with its protagonist lugging an 80 lb. slab of slate away from a demolition site having “swiped it for free furniture”. JT Savage intends to use the slate as a table in his bare studio apartment, yet the image of this 18-year-old wrestling his prize through the streets is a powerful encapsulation of his character as a whole: weighed down by the events of the recent past, JT is struggling to salvage anything he can from the rubble of his life.
From the keenly observed New York City of the opening pages to the genuinely shocking final chapters, August and Then Some offers the reader a lived-in level of nuance and detail. A construction labourer by day and tenement insomniac by night, JT is “a shaved-headed wildcard kid who dresses like a derelict”.
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