Corner Boys is Robert Hunt’s memoir of growing up on the mean streets of St. John’s in the 1950s and ’60s. Within the working-class neighbourhoods that are central to this tale, trouble seemed to lurk behind every corner, ready to be found by those who were looking for it. This dark yet humorous coming-of-age story follows a young and mischievous boy along the sidewalks and into the backyards of a turbulent—and sometimes violent—city.

"Corner Boys is humourous and enjoyable. It evokes, not just the historic past of a part of a city and an era, but the emotional and psychological past of childhood and adolescence."

Newfoundland Quarterly

"This remembrance concerning growing up and 'knocking around' with friends around the area of Casey Street/McKay Street/Brazil Street actually compares favourably with Mordecai Richler’s 'The Street' and Frank McCourt’s 'Angela’s Ashes.'"

The Western Star

"This is one of the best books about growing up — and being a kid — that I have ever read. It moved me even more profoundly than 'This Boy’s Life' by Tobias Wolfe."

The Western Star

View photos from the Corner Boys book launch

Read an excerpt from Corner Boys

Interview with John Furlong, CBC Radio St. John's Morning Show, October 11, 2011
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A Video from Corner Boys, Book Launch, October 13, 2011