Jump to content

Bloodbrothers (Price novel)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by 1ctinus (talk | contribs) at 23:45, 4 June 2024 (adding "1976 novel by Richard Price" as short description via DescDash). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Bloodbrothers
First edition
AuthorRichard Price
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Pages271
ISBN0-395-24303-3
Preceded byThe Wanderers 
Followed byLadies' Man 

Bloodbrothers is a novel by Richard Price, published in 1976.[1][2] It recounts the story of an eighteen-year-old boy growing up in a working-class environment. It was adapted into a film of the same title in 1978.[3]

Critical reception

[edit]

New York wrote that "Price intensifies the themes of The Wanderers—the end of adolescent freedom, the cruelty of parents who despise what they’ve become and take it out on their kids, the paralyzing fear that comes with choosing a future among meager options."[2] Kirkus Reviews wrote that "although the characters draw their only life from the frenetic, stabbing speechways echoing down Price's mean streets, this does not diminish the validity or impact of men on the march to nowhere."[4]

References

[edit]