Chicago: A Novel [Paperback]

On the last day of summer, a young college grad moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed.

A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young mans coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball,Chicagois a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.

Praise for Chicago

In this gorgeous novel, the protagonist is the setting. Although its full of interesting characters and surprising events, and the narrative is spun with great skill, the true spell it casts on the reader is the spell of atmosphere, its portrait of a time and place so complete that this becomes reading experience that feels like a life experiencethe details are that vivid, and the immersion that complete. Chicago is memorable, original, and full of passionate exploration.
Laura Kasischke, National Book Critics Circle Award winner for Space, In Chains

Page follows page of evocative writing as Doyle celebrates the shopkeepers and cops and nuns and bus drivers and carpenters and teachers who composed the small vibrant villages that collectively were the real Chicago. The quiet introspection and cleareyed focus on a vibrant and powerful American city makes Doyle's paean to Chicago a literary jewel.
Kirkus Reviews

This heartfelt collection of vignettes is woven together by the narrators earnest love of life and people and his desire to grow in his surroundings. Through the lens of one mans first foray into adulthood, Doyle pens a movilÓ#