"You'll probably get an immense kick out of Big
Phil's Kid , a thoroughly delightful story about a boy whose father owns
homes in Manhattan, Palm Beach, and Massachusetts, tosses off hundred
dollar bills at the slightest pretext, and heads a big, lovable Italian
Mafia dynasty....But Larry's rather unusual background is only the icing
on the bittersweet side of coming of age in Manhattan, falling in love,
finding a place, trying to figure out what's real and what's
not...finding out about one of Holden's (Caulfield of Catcher in the
Rye) more articulate and amusing successors is a treat."-Publisher's
Weekly