The Easton Public Library has chosen “The Incorruptibles” by local resident Dan Slater as its 2025 One Book/One Town Community Read title. The book chronicles the rise of organized crime among the Eastern European Jews on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1900s.
The New York Post called “The Incorruptibles” “required reading,” and Amazon selected it as a best book of July. The New York Times called the book “unrivaled,” and chose it as an editor’s pick. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it’s “a deeply researched and fluidly written corrective to the conventional picture of what life was like on those mean streets.” Other reviews called “The Incorruptibles” “beyond compelling,” “a singularly worthy read,” and “popular history at its best.”
A graduate of Colgate University, New York Film Academy, and Brooklyn Law School, Dan Slater has written for more than a dozen publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, GQ, and the New Yorker. The New York Times called his last book, Wolf Boys, “unforgettable,” and the Chicago Public Library named it a best book of the year.
Slater will give an author presentation at the Library on Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m. in the community room, and books will be available for purchase and signing. Multiples copies of the book are currently available for checkout.
Registration is recommended at https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=4460&BranchID=&Branch=&EventID=546106&PK=.
