Sunny's Nights

Fantastic . . . [Tim Sultan takes] material that might seem familiar and [mixes] a perfect, insightful cocktail: full-bodied, multitextured and delicious. . . . Simply beautiful. --The New York Times Book Review Sultan's love of Red Hook shines through, and it's hard not to be swept along on the ebb and flow of his emotions. . . . Sultan's book is, among other things, a meditation on the fragility of the moment and the passage of time. . . . Wistful, funny and biting, Sunny's Nights rewards you with its evocation of a certain place in time and, as Sultan calls him, 'the most original man I have ever met.' --Newsday The lasting allure of Sunny's Nights rests in the confidence it gives readers that, not only can they read about Balzano's haven, they can find a Sunny's of their own. --Los Angeles Review of Books An affectionate portrait of the idiosyncratic Sunny's Bar in the Red Hook waterfront neighborhood of Brooklyn. --USA Today Sultan finds Sunny . . . a real character, a poet, a cinephile, a philosopher, bluegrass maestro and (Rheingold) beer server. --New York Post ( Required Reading ) Captivating . . . a classic story about a local bar. --The Buffalo News An enchanting memoir, a profound meditation on place and a beautiful story of an unlikely and abiding friendship. --Brooklyn Daily Eagle [A] polished, affecting look at remarkable barkeep Sunny Balzano . . . In elegant prose, Sultan deploys laconic humor, an instinct for telling details, a taste for eccentricity, and above all, clear-eyed compassion for our all-too-human failings. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Beautifully wrought . . . an indelible portrait of an unusual man and a nearly forgotten part of NYC. --Booklist An evocative consideration of Red Hook's colorful history and distinctive personality. --Kirkus Reviews Sunny's Nights is more than an elegy for a bar and a neighborhood--it's also a vivid and loving portrait of the larger-than-life eccentric who gave the bar its name and its spirit, and a moving memoir about friendship and finding a home. Tim Sultan is a wonderful writer, wry and observant, with a sly sense of humor and a big heart. --Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers Tim Sultan tells the terrific story of how one dark and raggedy waterfront bar changed his life. It is a wonderfully drawn portrait of the artist as barkeep. --Robert Sullivan, author of My American Revolution This beautifully written chronicle of a disappearing place and its unforgettable people reveals how, sometimes, friendship endures when everything else, except perhaps the memories, is gone. --Howard Frank Mosher, author of God's Kingdom