Honky

As recalled in <strong>Honky</strong> Dalton Conleys childhood has all of the classic elementsof growing up in America. But the fact that he was one of the few ... » 

As recalled in Honky Dalton Conleys childhood has all of the classic elementsof growing up in America. But the fact that he was one of the few white boys ina mostly black and Puerto Rican neighborhood on Manhattans Lower East Sidemakes Daltons childhood unique.At the age of three he couldnt understand why the infant daughter of theblack separatists next door couldnt be his sister so he kidnapped her. By thetime he was a teenager he realized that not even a parents devotion couldprotect his best friend from a stray bullet. Years after the privilege of beingwhite and middle class allowed Conley to leave the projects his entertainingmemoir allows us to see how race and class impact us all. Perfectly pitched anddaringly original Honky is that rare book that entertains even as it informs. «