Snow in August

“Simply a wonderful story and well told.”

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Mike Barnicle,
Boston Globe

“A beautiful tale of pain, evil, retribution, and hope.”

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Vivid… Hamill delivers… You can hear the sounds of kids playing stickball, taste the Communion wafers, and see Jackie Robinson
stealing home.”

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Associated Press

“Once again, Pete Hamill shows us how marvelous a writer he is. This novel is a delight.”

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Peter Maas

“Lovely yet heartbreaking…. [A] moving story of a boy confronting morality…. In Michael Devlin, Hamill has created one of
the most endearing characters in recent adult fiction…. SNOW IN AUGUST is a minor miracle in itself.”

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Hartford Courant

“Hamill is an effortless master at evoking a bygone era…. All [he] has to do is say ‘Shazam!’ and he brings to palpable life
the streets of postwar Brooklyn and the prepubescent soul of a boy coming of age.”

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San Jose Mercury News

“Charming and affecting.”

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Miami Herald

“In this beautifully woven tale, Hamill captures perfectly the daily working-class world of postwar Brooklyn… Will thrill
believers and make nonbelievers pause…. He examines with a cool head and a big heart the vulnerabilities and inevitable oneness
of humankind.”

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Publishers Weekly
(starred review)

“Brings a fascinating time and place to very real life.”

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Orlando Sentinel

“Hamill is as readable as ever… the time-warp element and terrific descriptions will appeal to many.”

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Kirkus Reviews

“With a mastery of language and imagery that has made him the journalist-editor-novelist he is, Hamill meshes several disparate
works seamlessly, in lush colors.”

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“A godsend…. Only the hard-hearted could fail to be moved by this old-fashioned story about friendship.”

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St. Paul Pioneer Press