Order this book from Amazon.com Forever Pete Hamill New York City: Little, Brown and Company, 2002 Recommended by: John Sexton My colleague Pete Hamill, he's such a New Yorker. I've just finished reading his terrific book, Forever, which was a task for me, because it's a 600-page book. But it was such a riveting story. It's the story of this young man who grows up in 1720 in Ireland, and his father and mother are killed by an English earl who migrates to New Amsterdam. And under a Druid obligation, he follows the earl on a slave ship to get revenge. And he does a favor for what he thinks is one of the slaves, who turns out to be a shaman. And, in return for that favor, he's given the gift of eternal life--but on the condition that he never leave Manhattan. And Pete proceeds to tell the story of the next 300 years, right up to September 11th, through the eyes of this character. For a person who has the love of New York that I do -- and you know I'm an Irish Catholic -- it was a wonderful book. About the Book In this sweeping historical fantasy, a young Irishman arrives in New York City in 1741. Through a series of supernatural events, he is granted eternal life, on one condition: he can never leave the island of Manhattan. He lives through the history of New York City, from the American Revolution to the events of September 11, 2001. Pete Hamill, veteran journalist and lifelong New Yorker, applies all his gifts and his deep immersion in his city's history to spinning this remarkable tale.