Part 6, Chapters 1-6, pgs. 661-752 Summary

Part Six takes place from fall 1951 to summer of 1952. Bronzini is shopping and walking around the Bronx watching the children play games. He talks to different people in the neighborhood. He buys a newspaper and sits at the pastry shop to read it. The front page carries the news that the Giants won the pennant and the Russians exploded an atomic bomb. He is concerned about the bomb. Father Andrew Paulus arrives and is more interested in the Giants than the bomb. They meet to talk about the Shay boys. Albert wants the priest to talk to Matt about attending Fordham University. Albert walks home after their meeting.

Nick walks to the butcher to pick up the meat his mother wants. He is thinking of the Giants game as he walks. He is also doing...