Since the De Cocos, Price's main characters [in Bloodbrothers], and I live in the same borough, I am reluctant to admit that my fellow Bronxites realistically and constantly talk, think and act this dirtily. That aside, some of Price's episodes are achingly moving, especially when Stony, the hero, talks to the kids in the hospital and when Chubby, his uncle, reminisces. Will Stony become an electrician, like his dad and uncle? Or a worker with hospitalized children? Memorable minor characters make each option believable for him. Although Price's solution is ineptly premature, Bloodbrothers offers powerful writing on almost every page. The author, like his hero, has great story-telling gifts; he also has a good feel for loneliness in the high-rise buildings of New York, or anywhere. (p. 332)

Gerard C. Reedy, in America (© America Press, 1976; all rights reserved), November 13, 1976.