- When
- former
- NYPD
- detective
- Joe
- Serpe
- hit
- bottom,
- he
- just
- kept
- on
- going.
- Having
- lost
- his
- career
- to
- charges
- of
- corruption,
- his
- family
- to
- divorce,
- his
- partner
- to
- suicide,
- and
- his
- fireman
- brother
- to
- the
- tragedy
- of
- 9/11,
- Serpe's
- world
- is
- nearly
- empty
- but
- for
- his
- cat,
- Mulligan.
- Living
- in
- a
- basement
- apartment
- in
- a
- blue
- collar
- town
- on
- Long
- Island,
- Joe
- spends
- his
- days
- filling
- tanks
- with
- home
- heating
- oil
- and
- his
- nights
- filling
- his
- belly
- with
- vodka.But
- when
- a
- young,
- mentally
- challenged
- man
- who
- worked
- for
- Joe's
- oil
- company
- is
- cruelly
- murdered,
- Joe
- Serpe
- rediscovers
- purpose
- and
- grasps
- for
- a
- last
- chance
- at
- redemption.Along
- with
- his
- former
- Internal
- Affairs
- Bureau
- nemesis,
- Bob
- Healy,
- and
- Marla
- Stein,
- a
- brave
- and
- beautiful,
- group
- home
- psychologist,
- Joe
- wades
- into
- the
- world
- of
- street
- gangs,
- anti-immigration
- organizations,
- and
- the
- Red
- Mafia.Hose
- Monkey
- is
- a
- rough
- and
- tumble
- ride
- through
- a
- violent,
- often
- cruel
- world--a
- world
- where
- it's
- hard
- to
- tell
- the
- bad
- guys
- from
- the
- good
- guys
- without
- a
- scorecard.
- It
- is
- a
- world
- of
- murder
- and
- extortion,
- but
- one
- in
- which
- an
- innocent
- Down's
- Syndrome
- girl
- may
- hold
- the
- key
- that
- unlocks
- the
- mystery.
- At
- the
- same
- time,
- Hose
- Monkey
- is
- a
- story
- of
- salvation
- and
- forgiveness
- .
- .
- .
- a
- tale
- of
- justice done.
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