Spidertown (Flamingo original) - Softcover
Puerto Rican Miguel leads a crazy high life in his poor Bronx neighbourhood. Reaping the rewards of apprenticeship to kinpin crack-dealer Spider, Miguel and his arsonist friend, Firebug, lead a life of partying and casual sex that skirts dangerously close to the edge.
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Sixteen-year-old Puerto Rican Miguel leads a crazy high life in his desperately poor Bronx neighbourhood. Reaping the outrageous rewards of apprenticeship to kingpin crack dealer Spider, Miguel and his arsonist friend, Firebug, exist in a frenetic whirl of partying and casual sex that skirts perilously close to the edge. It is only when Miguel falls deeply in love with a 'straight' girl, Cristalena, that he is forced to confront the dangerous realities of his world...
Born and raised in the South Bronx, Abraham Rodriguez chronicles the lives of the foot soldiers of the drugs world with gritty authenticity. 'Spidertown' marks the debut of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.
'Rodriguez, with his youthful verve, his high-voltage style, has seized on a truth of our times. A scary, sexy, exuberant first novel... a crackling good read.'
LOS ANGELES TIMES
'On barren, lawless streets, where the shadows are enlivened by the curling blue flame inside a glass pipe-bowl, it is possible to forget that the lurking figures – the dealers, the runners, the crackheads – are often children. It is an achievement of 'Spidertown', a powerful first novel, to remind us. Mr Rodriguez has given us a redemptive and absorbing work.'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Spoken with a voice and voices so authentic you hear them, with characters so compellingly portrayed that you see them, and a narrative so gripping that you live it. It's 'West Side Story' with a soundtrack of gunfire.'
CHICAGO NEW CITY
Abraham Rodríguez nació y se crió en el sur del Bronx, donde aún reside. Es el autor de una colección de cuentos, The Boy Without a Flag. Spidertown es su primera novela.
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0006546315
- ISBN 13 9780006546313
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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ISBN 10: 0006546315
ISBN 13: 9780006546313
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Book Description Condition: Good. Miguel is riding high on the streets of the Bronx, satisfied with his job as a drug runner for Spider--mentor, friend, and small-time crack kingpin. Along with his roommate, an arsonist named Firebug, Miguel tries to fit a lifetime of partying, casual sex, and high times into a few short years. But when he meets the beautiful and practical-minded Cristalena, the shallowness and imminent danger of his world come crashing home. Tense, gritty, and moving, written in the fast, rhythmic language of the streets, 'Spidertown' captures a world where children own guns, where death is a part of everyday life, and where, miraculously, hope manages to survive. 384 pages. Seller Inventory # 1402423
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