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Monty Brogan is about to start his last day of freedom before turning himself into the authorities and serving a seven-year term for drug dealing. He's a charming young man who had always dreamed of being a fireman, following in the working-class footsteps of his father, who has had to put up his bar in Queens as bond so that his son can stay out of jail until his sentence begins. Monty, named for Montgomery Clift, does not know how he managed to get himself into this predicament. It was easy money and it carried so many perks, and you'll feel more than a little sympathy for this young man who has managed to kill his own dream for courtside seats at Madison Square Garden.
But before he goes to prison, Monty wants to have one last night out on the town with his two best friends. Frank Slattery is a bond trader, one of the best and most successful risk takers in a very risky business. The other is Jakob Elinsky, an English teacher who envies his friends' lifestyles but who has no intention of ever giving up his job for the easy money, despite the disillusionment of teaching high school students in a tough school.
The three young men enjoy the night into the early morning as they eat, drink, and visit the hottest spots in town. It's a sad night for Monty, but he has a plan that neither Frank nor Jacob know about--and it makes for a shocking ending to this brilliant and disturbing story. --Otto Penzler
From Publishers Weekly
HIn 24 hours, handsome 27-year-old drug dealer Monty Brogan will enter Otisville Federal Prison to do seven years hard time. His father wants him to run. His drug-lord boss, Uncle Blue, wants to know if he squealed. His girlfriend isn't sure what she wants, and his two best friends know one thing for sure: after he goes in, he will never be the same. In this character-driven crime novel, first-time novelist Benioff dazzles with a spellbinding portrait of three high school buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York. Monty really wanted to be a fireman, but fell in love with "sway," the deference afforded a young man with important connections. For the past five years, he's been selling drugs for Uncle Blue in Manhattan, to moneyed and celebrity clients. His pal, maverick bond trader Frank Slattery, thirsts for serenity, but dreams of avenging old wrongs while fighting his covert lust for Monty's Puerto Rican girlfriend. Despite Monty's dismal future, shy Jakob Elinsky, an ethical, awkward high school English teacher, envies his friend's self-assurance with women as he struggles to control his own secret hunger for a talented writing student, 17-year-old Mary D'Annunzio. The three friends spend one last night together dancing and drinking at Uncle Blue's nightclub. Amid the false merriment, Monty is summoned upstairs to a heart-stopping confrontation with his former boss. Brilliantly conceived, this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue, chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension. Monty's solution to his agonizing dilemmas will shock even hardened suspense lovers. Film rights to New Line Cinema for a movie to star Toby McGuire. (Jan.) Forecast: With the hip talk and high tension of Richard Price's Clockers, and the assured prose and grasp of character of a seasoned novelist, Benioff's debut may hit the cash registers right out of the gate. It's no wonder that Benioff has been nominated for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, or that the book carries happy blurbs from George P. Pelacanos, Vincent Patric and Ann Patchett.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From The New Yorker
Busted for drug dealing and facing a seven-year stretch in federal prison upstate, a flashy, fast-talking, twenty-six-year-old Brooklynite named Monty Brogan has one day in which to settle his affairs––or to make his escape. While he wanders the city, brooding on lost opportunities, his two best friends from high school (continually engaged in Seinfeldian bickering) and a handful of associates from the Russian mob converge for a late-night going-away party in the V.I.P. lounge of a downtown club. Benioff's first novel is as unusual as it is well wrought: it resonates with a Whitmanesque sense of the city's possibilities and unsatisfied longings.
Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From Booklist
This absorbing debut novel follows the final day of freedom for Montgomery "Monty" Brogan, a convicted heroin dealer with ties to the New York Russian mob. The good-looking Monty is about to go away for seven years, and no one, not even Monty himself, believes he can do the time. The book tends to stray here and there as Benioff introduces Monty's close friends, Slattery and Jacob, and his girlfriend, Naturelle, and follows them as they proceed through the day toward the final parting with Monty. Yet the writing is good enough to keep you interested until the story gets back on track. Monty is such a likable character that he practically subverts the theme of "crime doesn't pay," and it takes one of his friends, Slattery, to point out that he is, after all, a drug dealer responsible for his own actions. The ending's got a nice twist to it, and the double surprise here is the way in which it is delivered. Frank Caso
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Kirkus Reviews
As funny and sad as a John Cassavettes movie, but without all that midlife-crisis yammering.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Mr. Benioff creates a pungent, funny urban tableau full of shrewd operators and unfulfilled desires. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
San Francisco Chronicle
As a novel, The 25th Hour shines. It couldn't get much better. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Denver Post
...a very promising first work, a darkly human novel that ends up being more about hope than about cynicism. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
编辑推荐 Amazon.com Review
Penzler Pick, January 2001: The 25th Hour is a wonderfully written first novel that convincingly portrays the New York City of Wall Street brokers and middle-class white drug dealers, the new affluent class in a city where money can buy you almost anything and is often the most important factor in young people's lives.
Monty Brogan is about to start his last day of freedom before turning himself into the authorities and serving a seven-year term for drug dealing. He's a charming young man who had always dreamed of being a fireman, following in the working-class footsteps of his father, who has had to put up his bar in Queens as bond so that his son can stay out of jail until his sentence begins. Monty, named for Montgomery Clift, does not know how he managed to get himself into this predicament. It was easy money and it carried so many perks, and you'll feel more than a little sympathy for this young man who has managed to kill his own dream for courtside seats at Madison Square Garden.
But before he goes to prison, Monty wants to have one last night out on the town with his two best friends. Frank Slattery is a bond trader, one of the best and most successful risk takers in a very risky business. The other is Jakob Elinsky, an English teacher who envies his friends' lifestyles but who has no intention of ever giving up his job for the easy money, despite the disillusionment of teaching high school students in a tough school.
The three young men enjoy the night into the early morning as they eat, drink, and visit the hottest spots in town. It's a sad night for Monty, but he has a plan that neither Frank nor Jacob know about--and it makes for a shocking ending to this brilliant and disturbing story. --Otto Penzler
From Publishers Weekly
HIn 24 hours, handsome 27-year-old drug dealer Monty Brogan will enter Otisville Federal Prison to do seven years hard time. His father wants him to run. His drug-lord boss, Uncle Blue, wants to know if he squealed. His girlfriend isn't sure what she wants, and his two best friends know one thing for sure: after he goes in, he will never be the same. In this character-driven crime novel, first-time novelist Benioff dazzles with a spellbinding portrait of three high school buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York. Monty really wanted to be a fireman, but fell in love with "sway," the deference afforded a young man with important connections. For the past five years, he's been selling drugs for Uncle Blue in Manhattan, to moneyed and celebrity clients. His pal, maverick bond trader Frank Slattery, thirsts for serenity, but dreams of avenging old wrongs while fighting his covert lust for Monty's Puerto Rican girlfriend. Despite Monty's dismal future, shy Jakob Elinsky, an ethical, awkward high school English teacher, envies his friend's self-assurance with women as he struggles to control his own secret hunger for a talented writing student, 17-year-old Mary D'Annunzio. The three friends spend one last night together dancing and drinking at Uncle Blue's nightclub. Amid the false merriment, Monty is summoned upstairs to a heart-stopping confrontation with his former boss. Brilliantly conceived, this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue, chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension. Monty's solution to his agonizing dilemmas will shock even hardened suspense lovers. Film rights to New Line Cinema for a movie to star Toby McGuire. (Jan.) Forecast: With the hip talk and high tension of Richard Price's Clockers, and the assured prose and grasp of character of a seasoned novelist, Benioff's debut may hit the cash registers right out of the gate. It's no wonder that Benioff has been nominated for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, or that the book carries happy blurbs from George P. Pelacanos, Vincent Patric and Ann Patchett.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From The New Yorker
Busted for drug dealing and facing a seven-year stretch in federal prison upstate, a flashy, fast-talking, twenty-six-year-old Brooklynite named Monty Brogan has one day in which to settle his affairs––or to make his escape. While he wanders the city, brooding on lost opportunities, his two best friends from high school (continually engaged in Seinfeldian bickering) and a handful of associates from the Russian mob converge for a late-night going-away party in the V.I.P. lounge of a downtown club. Benioff's first novel is as unusual as it is well wrought: it resonates with a Whitmanesque sense of the city's possibilities and unsatisfied longings.
Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From Booklist
This absorbing debut novel follows the final day of freedom for Montgomery "Monty" Brogan, a convicted heroin dealer with ties to the New York Russian mob. The good-looking Monty is about to go away for seven years, and no one, not even Monty himself, believes he can do the time. The book tends to stray here and there as Benioff introduces Monty's close friends, Slattery and Jacob, and his girlfriend, Naturelle, and follows them as they proceed through the day toward the final parting with Monty. Yet the writing is good enough to keep you interested until the story gets back on track. Monty is such a likable character that he practically subverts the theme of "crime doesn't pay," and it takes one of his friends, Slattery, to point out that he is, after all, a drug dealer responsible for his own actions. The ending's got a nice twist to it, and the double surprise here is the way in which it is delivered. Frank Caso
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
As funny and sad as a John Cassavettes movie, but without all that midlife-crisis yammering. -- Kirkus Reviews
