Publisher's Synopsis
New York City and the dying factory town of Camden are the settings for a fascinating cast of characters in Joe Anthony's Camden Blues. Anthony demonstrates remarkable versatility as he writes in a variety of voices, both male and female, of mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, drinkers and lovers. He chronicles stevedores contending with the Great Depression, and nuns, priests, and young people struggling with their beliefs (Catholic, Buddhist, Scientologist). Sometimes set in the upheavals of the '60s, sometimes entangled in the uncertainty of the '70s, Anthony's characters explore sex, religion, and work. They create new lives and new loves as they strive to hold themselves together in a manner that is certain to capture your attention from beginning to end.
