The Wanderers

The Wanderers is a novel by Richard Price, published in 1974.

The story is set in the Bronx, New York City, from mid-1962 to mid-1963 and follows the lives of an Italian-American youth gang known as the Wanderers.

The novel is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, each focusing on different members of the gang as they navigate gang rivalries, racial tensions, and personal struggles.

The characters, including Richie Gennaro, Joey Capra, Buddy Borsalino, Eugene Caputo, and Perry LaGuardia, face various challenges as they transition from adolescence to adulthood, dealing with issues such as violence, family problems, and the search for identity and belonging.