The narrator of this unforgettable novel is Paul Woodward. And Paul’s best friend is Finnie Walsh, a fellow hockey fanatic and the only good kid in a long line of delinquent brothers. Finnie’s family is stinking rich, but Paul’s is not--Paul’s father works the nightshift at the local mill, owned by Finnie’s father. One fateful day the boys noisily prepare for their first season of hockey in the Woodward driveway, keeping Paul’s father awake when he should be sleeping. This triggers a chain of world-altering events. Galloway proves that childhood innocence, while not exactly bliss, can be amusing and more than mildly instructional.