Button Man

By Paul Blumenau Lyons

Book Overview

Paul Lyons's third novel is a gritty, disturbing, and wildly comic story of street vendors, loan sharks, and long-shot love. It's the hot summer of 1988, Michael Dukakis leads the elder George Bush in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592284094
• ISBN13: 9781592284092
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Well Crafted Picture of Life from Behind the Boards

Behind the button boards of street vendors, that is. Life is pretty basic when you're selling on the streets. Money arrives in sporadic spurts, depending on the event. Unfortunately, the main man gets most of it. Add to this a bad gambling habit, and the button man isn't going to last long. As a former New York resident, Lyons does a good job of giving the reader some sense of this chaotic life surrounded by other suspicious, untrusting, but interesting characters. The protagonist only leaves his nowhere lifestyle when forced to, leaving the reader with the sense that he just might make it operating on his own in the future - or not. Back Bay Boston Basement