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Novelist and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter Richard Price's bestselling second novel offers "an unforgettable picture of inner-city decay and despair" ( USA Today ) At once an intense mystery and a revealing study of two men, a veteran homicide detective and an innercity crack... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Strike: main character, good hearted young man who makes some bad decisions
- Rodney Little: Add a description of this character.
- Rocco Klein
- Mazilli
- Victor Dunham
- Tyrone
- Sean Touhey
- Andre
- Darryl Adams
- Erroll Barnes
- Papi
- Ahab
- Jimmy Newton
- Erin
- Horace
- Patty
- Ronnie
- Duck
- Herman
- Rudy
- Dempsy
- Dolan
- Maldonado
- Bernard
- Hector
- Dumont
- Carmela
- Roosevelt
- Ronald Dunham
- O'brien
- Charles
- Kiki
- Caleb
- Yoo-hoo
- Wayne
- Tina
- Ahmed
- Jackie
- Harris
- Henderson
First Sentence edit
STRIKE SPOTTED HER: baby fat, baby face, Shanelle or Shanette, fourteen years old maybe, standing there with that queasy smile, trying to work up the nerve.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Price (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, London
Country: UK
Publication Date: June 18, 1992
ISBN: 978-0747512301
Page Count: 616
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, London
Country: UK
Publication Date: June 18, 1992
ISBN: 978-0747512301
Page Count: 616
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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