Like All Shaw's books--GREAT.
I love everything I have ever read by Irwin Shaw. I found it very hard to put this book down as it is so easy to read. Shaw is a master story-teller, much better than most writers of today. If you don't enjoy this book, I just don't know what to tell you.
One of the 20th century's best novelists and short story writers is at the top of his form in this one.