The Wanderers

The "extraordinary" novel of a teenage gang in the 1960s Bronx, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Clockers and The Whites ( Newsweek). The basis for the feature film, The Wanderers tells the story of teenagers on the streets of New York City, coming of age and drifting apart. Tormented by cold-hearted girls and cold-blooded ten-year-olds, maniacal rivals and murderous parents, they are caught between juveniles and adults in a gritty novel filled with "switchblade prose" and "dialogue [that] has the immediacy of overheard subway conversation"—from an award-winning author renowned for his writing on HBO's The Wire and The Night Of, as well as such modern-day classics as Lush Life and Bloodbrothers ( Newsweek). "A kind of teenage Godfather with its own tight structure of morality, loyalty, survival, and reprisal." — Los Angeles Free Press "The flip side of American Graffiti . . . an amalgam of sex, violence, and humor, glued together with superb dialogue and unsentimental sensitivity." — Rolling Stone "A superbly written book . . . insights that allow us—at times force us—to feel closer to other human beings whether we like and approve of them or not." — The New York Times Book Review