Interesting book about Jimmy's early years and insight into immigration of the working class. Amazing he survived. His dad reminds me of my own, but not to the same degree. Most parties when I was a kid ended up with drunken 'friends' having fist fights. Definitely was a part of the 70s - 90s.
I would have been terrified to live in that neighborhood with all those dangerous guys in packs. Probably being so drunk and drugged saved them from killing each other.
I wish the book had age titles. I kept on thinking he was older, and then he would say he was 8 and the timeline would be thrown out for me.