The decade of the sixties was one of the most chaotic, violent, transforming, yet awe-inspiring of the twentieth century. Even though 'Brooklyn Story' is a novel in the historical fiction
genre, it s an insightful journal of the gripping events of 1967-68. It's about how it feels to be a half Black, half Puerto Rican young boy during a moral and pliitical upheaval.' -- from
Introduction page iii.