Pete Hamill, an accomplished novelist, essayist and journalist whose career has endured for more than forty years. As a journalist, Hamill has covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Northern Ireland. He has written for The New York Post, New York Newsday, Village Voice and Esquire, among other publications. Hamill has also published nine novels and two collections of short stories including the bestsellers Snow in August, Forever and his memoir A Drinking Life. His most recent novel is North River