A strong debut. I was especially intrigued by the oft revisited brother characters. Chiusano does a beautiful job of fleshing out the relationship of the two brothers in a way that feels exactly like having a close relationship with a brother. Especially in the end, after seeing various characters from Marine Park, you get a sense for how people get stuck in neighborhoods and you can see how the older brother character might be drifting into a dead end. I wonder if this collection is more relevant in light of the sinister turn America has taken of late. How many people are born into a life with promise, but wind up stuck in their environment, unable to overcome inertia? I think at least some of the anger out there right now stems from this complex socioeconomic situation.