The 1950's--the streets of Chicago bustle with the energy and excitement of the post-war boom. On the corner in front of Tooty's store, the guys start to meet. Nick the Stick, Skinny Green, Richie Rags and the rest of the gang do what they do every day: hang out, eat jalung sandwiches, horse around, wait for a guy with a car or a bat and ball--you know, whatever. That's where it all started. Now forty years later, Michael Maione has captured that magical time in writing with his first novel Tooty's Corner. Maione paints a nostalgic picture of that corner and just what it meant to have a place to go to and to be a part of something special, to forge those bonds and memories that last a lifetime.
The 1950's--the streets of Chicago bustle with the energy and excitement of the post-war boom. On the corner in front of Tooty's store, the guys start to meet. Nick the Stick, Skinny Green, Richie Rags and the rest of the gang do what they do every day: hang out, eat jalung sandwiches, horse around, wait for a guy with a car or a bat and ball--you know, whatever. That's where it all started. Now forty years later, Michael Maione has captured that magical time in writing with his first novel Tooty's Corner. Maione paints a nostalgic picture of that corner and just what it meant to have a place to go to and to be a part of something special, to forge those bonds and memories that last a lifetime.