Bibliograph

Brooklyn crime novel, Jonathan Lethem

Type

Label

Brooklyn crime novel, Jonathan Lethem

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Brooklyn crime novel

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1401758832

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Lethem

Summary

On the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other players: parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and laws; those who award this neighborhood its name

Table Of Contents

I. Everybody gets robbed -- II. The case against Boerum -- III. Locked-out memories -- IV. The dance -- V. Brooklyn crime novel -- VI. No music

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