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Joe Connelly


Joe Connelly is the author of Bringing Out the Dead, which was made into a film by Martin Scorsese. A native of New York City, he now lives in the Adirondacks with his wife and family.

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Crumbtown
Written by Joe Connelly

eBook | 272 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-42540-9 (0-307-42540-1)

December 18, 2007 | $16.00



Some might say that Crumbtown isn’t a place. It’s a state of mind. And for the residents of this sinking, stinking, carcinogenic, potholed neighborhood, “There’s bad luck in the world, and then there’s crumbluck.” But for Don Reedy, a true victim of this phenomenon, his crumbluck is about to change.

Sentenced...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Crumbtown
Written by Joe Connelly

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-375-71297-5 (0-375-71297-6)

June 8, 2004 | $20.00



Some might say that Crumbtown isn’t a place. It’s a state of mind. And for the residents of this sinking, stinking, carcinogenic, potholed neighborhood, “There’s bad luck in the world, and then there’s crumbluck.” But for Don Reedy, a true victim of this phenomenon, his crumbluck is about to change.

Sentenced...

Also available as an eBook.

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Bringing Out the Dead
Written by Joe Connelly

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage | Fiction
978-0-375-70029-3 (0-375-70029-3)

March 30, 1999 | $18.95



Perhaps only someone who has worked for almost a decade as a medic in New York City's Hell's Kitchen--as Joe Connelly has--could write a novel as riveting and fiercely authentic as Bringing Out the Dead. Like a front-line reporter, Connelly writes from deep within the experience, and the result is a...