Brian O’Neill is a wonderful writer.  He analyzes perfectly Pittsburgh’s unerring habit of screwing itself.  He loves all the right stuff.  I loved this book.


--Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winner and Pittsburgh native

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Brian O’Neill truly appreciates what this city is, scars and all.  This is a terrific book.  This guy gets it.


--Michael Keaton, actor and Pittsburgh native

Every city needs a loving interpreter who tells the stories that go to its heart and soul and shape its identity.  Pittsburgh is lucky to have Brian O’Neill who revels in city life and is alert to the city’s maddening insecurities.  All of us who love Pittsburgh and think it should shape up immediately will enjoy and identify with this wonderful book.


--Peter Leo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist

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