delphimo
03-10-2009, 08:51 AM
This is a stand alone book set in Philadelphia in 1962 about an ex boxer turned to assistant private investigator. Eddie Cero is an Italian with no job skills who happens upon the sleuth job with Sal Giambroni. In his spare time, Eddie decides to study the disappearance of Johnny Pope, an up and coming black singer. Of course, Eddie falls for Johnny's sister, Valerie, during the investigation. A look at the city of "brotherly love" and the racial tension between the Negroes and Italians, and the recording industry. I like the Storyville novels set in New Orleans better, the tension and emotion are better. Still, if one is interested in Philadelphia, this is an interesting book of the sights and smells of South Philly.