Clockers (Bloomsbury Modern Library) - Hardcover

Price, Richard

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9780747519300: Clockers (Bloomsbury Modern Library)

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ISBN 10: 0747519307 ISBN 13: 9780747519300

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1994

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When a man steps forward to confess to a drugs related murder, Detective Rocco Klein has no sense of the case being anything special. A little background research reveals however, that he has never been in any trouble whereas his brother runs a crew of street corner cocaine dealers.

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Review:

"Triumphant . . . An outstanding accomplishment.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"A huge, ambitious novel about cops, kids, and cocaine . . . Price pressure-cooks the city down to its dense, searing essentials."--"The Village Voice"

"Page after page explodes with a prose as vivid as kinetic art."--"Chicago"" Tribune"

"Price displays a near-perfect ear for street language. . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either."--"People"

"A classic . . . A powerful book."--"Newsweek"

"Triumphant . . . An outstanding accomplishment.""--The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"A huge, ambitious novel about cops, kids, and cocaine . . . Price pressure-cooks the city down to its dense, searing essentials."--"The Village Voice"

"Page after page explodes with a prose as vivid as kinetic art."--"Chicago"" Tribune"

"Price displays a near-perfect ear for street language. . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either."--"People"

"A classic . . . A powerful book."--"Newsweek"

Triumphant . . . An outstanding accomplishment. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

A huge, ambitious novel about cops, kids, and cocaine . . . Price pressure-cooks the city down to its dense, searing essentials. "The Village Voice"

Page after page explodes with a prose as vivid as kinetic art. "Chicago Tribune"

Price displays a near-perfect ear for street language. . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either. "People"

A classic . . . A powerful book. "Newsweek""

Triumphant . . . An outstanding accomplishment. The Philadelphia Inquirer

A huge, ambitious novel about cops, kids, and cocaine . . . Price pressure-cooks the city down to its dense, searing essentials. The Village Voice

Page after page explodes with a prose as vivid as kinetic art. Chicago Tribune

Price displays a near-perfect ear for street language. . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either. People

A classic . . . A powerful book. Newsweek

"Triumphant . . . An outstanding accomplishment." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A huge, ambitious novel about cops, kids, and cocaine . . . Price pressure-cooks the city down to its dense, searing essentials." --The Village Voice

"Page after page explodes with a prose as vivid as kinetic art." --Chicago Tribune

"Price displays a near-perfect ear for street language. . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either." --People

"A classic . . . A powerful book." --Newsweek

About the Author:

Richard Price is the author of seven novels, including Lush Life, Clockers, Freedomland, and Samaritan. He wrote the screenplays for the films Sea of Love, Ransom, and The Color of Money, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best TV writing as a co-writer for the HBO series The Wire. Price was also awarded a Literature Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.

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