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Reviewed on November 1, 1993
The 16 sons and daughters of Leland Coole gather for his funeral in their old neighborhood in East New York, Brooklyn. They're "joined together, not so much by a name or blood . . . or family ties'' but "by the terror and misery their father inflicted upon them.'' As they "wake . . . his sorry ass'' in old Irish fashion, they drink, smoke dope, insult each other, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
