This is the story of nineteen year-old cab-driver Ed Kennedy. A local deadbeat who has accomplished nothing, and likely never will. That is until he gets held up by the most useless gunman who drops his gun, as he tries to get away. Luckily, the escape vehicle is a piece of crap that has a one-in-five chance of starting. Ed shoots the windshield, and is suddenly hailed a hero. For about a day. After the afore mentioned gunman is convicted and sent to jail (6 months, much to Ed's dismay...) playing cards start turning up at his doorstep.
What I love about this book is maybe the fact that Ed, like all the characters, are real, flawed people. I mean, at nineteen Bob Dylan was a seaoned performer in NYC's Greenwich Village, Joan of Arc was the most wanted woman on earth, and Ed Kennedy was perhaps the youngest cab-driver in his area. Because he had fake papers. His late dad was an alcoholic, his mum a chain-smoker and "one of those mums that goes out in public wearing Ugg boots" haha. He has two sisters, I believe, one of whom got knocked up as a teen, and a younger brother who out-shines him everyday. He goes to University.In the city.
This is a really feel-good kind of thing. Also, Suzak's style is very easy-going. It's very friendly and conversational...
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