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Three-Fifths
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Autorentext
John Vercher is a writer on race, identity and social justice currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts. His debut novel, Three-Fifths was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) award and was a Sunday Times, Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year.
Klappentext
Pittsburgh, 1995. Twenty-two year old Bobby Saraceno is a biracial man, passing for white. Bobby has hidden his identity from everyone, even his best friend and fellow comic-book geek, Aaron, who has just returned from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist.
During the night of their reunion, Bobby witnesses Aaron mercilessly assault a young black man with a brick. In the wake of this horrifying act of violence, Bobby must conceal his unwitting involvement in the crime from the police, as well as battle with his own personal demons. A harrowing story about racism and brutality that is more urgent now than ever.
Zusammenfassung
A powerful hardboiled noir of violence and obsession set against the backdrop of the simmering racial tension produced by the LA Riots and the O.J. Simpson trial.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09781782276876
- Sprache Englisch
- Titel Three-Fifths
- Veröffentlichung 06.05.2021
- ISBN 978-1-78227-687-6
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- EAN 9781782276876
- Jahr 2021
- Größe H198mm x B129mm
- Autor John Vercher
- Genre Krimis, Thriller & Horror
- Anzahl Seiten 256
- Herausgeber Pushkin Press