ÒSalvatore DifalcoÕs fiction is a finely blended mix of toughness, street-smart insights and violence, along with flashes of tenderness and compassion.
(His stories) are thoughtful, enigmatic ... drawing the reader in with sharp detail, poetic phrasing and recognizable characters. Though weÕre dealing with thugs, prostitutes and crackheads, they are all folks youÕll feel uncomfortably at home with.
ThatÕs DifalcoÕs magic: scrape characters from the bottom of societyÕs bowl and reveal them in literary daylight as powerless dreamers, failed mothers, caged creatures.Ó
~ Matthew Firth, 'Front & Centre'