First published in 1996New Year's Eve, 1995. Rising young architect Jimmy Gambar is on top of the world, ready to pop the question to the girl of his dreams at a fancy restaurant. Ten minutes later he snaps and storms out, leaving behind the girlfriend, her ridiculous gift of a hot pink necktie and the precise way of life he's known for so long.Later that night, big trouble - a sleazy downtown bar, a shady lady with a switchblade in his SoHo loft, an accidental fall against a metal lamp. Now Jimmy has a dead woman's body lying on his rug, and only one person to turn to - a man he hasn't seen in twenty years. His big brother Gus ("The Ghost") Gambuzza. "What started out as a wild ride to get rid of a corpse ends up as a touching and believable story of family love and survival, a testament to Carillo's storytelling abilities."- Publishers Weekly "What a lovely book this is... a long night filled with happenings that should seem improbable but don't because Carillo's reality is so inviting... a tender tale, albeit knowing and funny too."- New York Daily News "Reminisent of the movie 'After Hours,' this nightmarish picaresque novel mixes elements of slapstick, the surreal, and the absurd, all delivered in rambunctious, wildly profane Brooklynese."- Booklist "Oddly heartwarming"-London Gentleman's Quarterly"A classic New York gangster story, replete with world-weary hoods, fruity dialogue and witty one-liners... the observations of Brooklyn life and the redemption of Jimmy's soul are warm and almost profound."-London Daily Telegraph "An inspired marriage of the pciaresque narrative and the road movie in which Gus, worldly wise and world weary, and Jimmy, his paranoid straight man, move through a series of hilarious near-disasters."- Newport News Daily Press "Carillo sustains his deliberately improbably narrative with elan, piling up the jokes in the best comic-thriller tradition."-The Times of London " 'My Ride With Gus' is a funny, touching, ultimately exhilarating trip with people who will stay with you long after the trip ends. It's a novel about the mob, about love, about family, one that could only come together in the hands of someone who knows how to tell a story, and knows New York City just as well."- Mike Lupica "... continuing suspense and snappy, wisecracking dialogue."-The London Independent "My Ride With Gus is at times hilarious, and at others it is a moving account of just what family and life and society is all about."- The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C." 'My Ride With Gus' is outrageously funny, with Brooklynese molding the scnee... zany characters, bizarre predicaments, hilarious subplots and downright scary situations."-The Post and Courier

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