Piecework

Piecework is a rich and varied collection of Hamill's best writing since 1970, on such diverse subjects as what television and crack have in common, why winning isn't everything, stickball, Nicaragua, Donald Trump, why American immigration policy toward Mexico is all wrong, Brooklyn's Seventh Avenue, and Frank Sinatra, not to mention Octavio Paz, what it's like to realize you're middle-aged, Northern Ireland, New York City then and now, how Mike Tyson spent his time prison, and much more. This collection proves him once again to be among the last of a dying bred: the old-school generalist, who writes about anything and everything, guided only by passionate and boundless curiosity. HC,432 pages.