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Journalist Lopez's first novel portrays a 14-year-old boy who gets caught up with drug dealers in the inner city of Philadelphia.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ofelia Santoro is determined to save her runaway son, Gabriel, from the drug dealers whose turf is Philadelphia's Badlands. Every night she rides a bicycle up and down the inner-city streets searching for her son, and every night she passes the folk-art memorial created in homage to the children who die every day as a result of the drug wars--an unknown artist is spray painting the outlines of children's bodies in the middle of the street; eventually, the bodies will pile up at the doorstep of City Hall. Fourteen-year-old Gabriel would like nothing better than to go home to his mother, but he's in too deep. His promotion from lookout to crack dealer has come with a price. The ruthless gang leader is convinced that Gabriel has been skimming profits, and it's payback time. First-novelist Lopez, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, siphons off the power of his eloquent images and his gritty sense of place with a slapstick subplot involving some bumbling thieves. This one lacks the intensity of Richard Price's Clockers (1992) and the lyricism of Jess Mowry's books; however, Lopez's Philadelphia is a marvel, its ruined streets and decaying infrastructure drawn with a delicate precision. Joanne Wilkinson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Journalist Lopez's first novel portrays a 14-year-old boy who gets caught up with drug dealers in the inner city of Philadelphia.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ofelia Santoro is determined to save her runaway son, Gabriel, from the drug dealers whose turf is Philadelphia's Badlands. Every night she rides a bicycle up and down the inner-city streets searching for her son, and every night she passes the folk-art memorial created in homage to the children who die every day as a result of the drug wars--an unknown artist is spray painting the outlines of children's bodies in the middle of the street; eventually, the bodies will pile up at the doorstep of City Hall. Fourteen-year-old Gabriel would like nothing better than to go home to his mother, but he's in too deep. His promotion from lookout to crack dealer has come with a price. The ruthless gang leader is convinced that Gabriel has been skimming profits, and it's payback time. First-novelist Lopez, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, siphons off the power of his eloquent images and his gritty sense of place with a slapstick subplot involving some bumbling thieves. This one lacks the intensity of Richard Price's Clockers (1992) and the lyricism of Jess Mowry's books; however, Lopez's Philadelphia is a marvel, its ruined streets and decaying infrastructure drawn with a delicate precision. Joanne Wilkinson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The weather came up from the south, a warm passing rain that left the October sky clear and the pavement steaming, and from a distance it looked as though the woman on the bicycle, her black skirt rippling in the liquid breeze, was riding through the clouds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The weather came up from the south, a warm passing rain that left the October sky clear and the pavement steaming, and from a distance it looked as though the woman on the bicycle, her black skirt rippling in the liquid breeze, was riding through the clouds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stuttering prick, ham face, dead mayor, fucking ring, stash house, crack vials Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Laetner, Lieutenant Bagno, Thin Jimmy, Broad Street, Paulie Rego, Anthony Faggioli, Black Caps, Holy Ghost, Atlantic City, South Philly, City Hall, Ofelia Santoro, South Philadelphia, Center City, Diamond Street, Little League, Daily News, Eddie Passarelli, Gabriel Santoro, Kensington Avenue, Lalo Camacho, Channel Six, Joey Napolitano, Michael Jordan, Mike Inverso New!
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