''The Breaks'' is a 1983 novel by

Richard Price Richard Price (23 February 1723 – 19 April 1791) was a British moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer, pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French ...

. ''The Breaks'' was Price's fourth novel.

Overview

Peter Keller, a young liberal arts graduate, moves back into his father's apartment in

Yonkers Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...

after failing to get into law school and quickly self-destructs.

References

1983 American novels Novels by Richard Price (writer) Novels set in New York (state) Simon & Schuster books {{1980s-novel-stub