Praise for Mr. B.

A quick summary of praise collected so far for Mr. Boardwalk (we love this! many thanks to the early reviewers):

"Let's face it: reviewers of Kindle books are way too liberal in giving 5 stars. If they liked it, they just click on 5 stars. How do I convince you that this book deserves the rating? My husband requested that I download this book because a Facebook friend had written it. I downloaded a sample, and way before I completed it, I ordered the book. The descriptions are rich and wonderful. I'm a voracious reader, and often I will skip some of the descriptions to get to plot points more quickly. But not this time. I found myself rereading some of the descriptions so I could be sure I was getting every last little morsel of detail. No word felt extraneous, none was wasted. I wanted to savor each and every part. I found the style somewhat reminiscent of John Irving, perhaps even E.L. Doctorow. I wanted to write a review from the beginning, but I wanted to make sure the author could sustain the voice of the novel and bring off the story line before doing so. So I waited. I spent the afternoon yesterday reading the rest of the book, and I can say without reservation that this book accomplished all it set out to. I loved it. I hope the book gets the readership and the review exposure that it so deserves."
    Jean B., Amazon reviewer


“The Atlantic City of the past was a place oozing with a strange and elusive magic. In his tender and taut novel, Mr. Boardwalk, Louis Greenstein captures, as well as anyone has, the mighty and magnetic pull of this place, how it grabbed people when they were young and wouldn’t let go.”
    Bryant Simon, author of Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America


“Vividly evoking the carnival energy of the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1970s, Louis Greenstein captures the longing for places and people who linger in memory. Mr. Boardwalk is a sensitive portrayal of loss, regret, and the difficult yet healing task of coming to terms with your past.”
    Alan Drew, author of Gardens of Water

“Like a world-class juggler, Louis Greenstein’s Mr. Boardwalk pulls off the impressive feat of handling several things at once: His debut novel is a heartfelt bildungsroman, a story of a man coming to terms with his complicated youth, and a vivid novel of place. The depiction of 1970s era Atlantic City is particularly well crafted, marking Greenstein as a writer with a keen eye for the ocean-side resort in the years just before casinos came calling. Although I grew up in Georgia and never visited the Jersey shore before the new millennium began, this novel makes me feel as if I was there, circa 1975, eating a soft pretzel on the boardwalk.”
    Joe Samuel Starnes, author of Fall Line and Calling
 
“Louis Greenstein’s debut novel, Mr. Boardwalk, captures an essential Philadelphia experience—going down the shore. Day trips and long weekends in Atlantic City are a large part of the city’s identity, and while this novel will conjure up any local’s finest memories of walking along the boards with a funnel cake, Greenstein goes beyond the summer phenomenon and delves deep into an essential turning point in Atlantic City’s history.”
    Joshua Isard, Small Press Reviews