Carried by Six - Brossura

Ballard, Allen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1935534181 ISBN 13: 9781935534181

Casa editrice: Seaforth Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Returning home from his janitor’s job early one morning, Obie Bullock?leader of a Philadelphia anti-violence group?stumbles upon a crime scene: someone has just slit the throat of a police officer. Armed with the officer’s recovered revolver, Obie, an Iraq war vet, corners and kills the masked assassin, who turns out to be the youngest brother of a powerful, but imprisoned drug dealer. Demands for revenge follow, sparking the fast-paced action while simultaneously examining the lives of a working-class family struggling to survive in the projects of Philadelphia. Character-based, authentic, and gripping, this novel exposes the difficulties and danger of working to rid a neighborhood of drugs and violence so that future generations can grow up safe and secure.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Allen Ballard is a professor of history and Africana studies at SUNY-Albany. He is the author of One More Day’s Journey and Where I'm Bound, which was a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year and winner of the First Novelist prize from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. He lives in Clifton Park, New York.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Seaforth Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1935534181
• ISBN 13: 9781935534181
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 294