Way Past Cool

gebraucht: Ecken und Kanten bestoßen, Leserille im Buchrücken, Buchschnitt und Seiten nachgedunkelt; innen ist das Buch ansonsten einwandfrei: keine Flecken, Knicke oder lose/fehlende Seiten; Nichtraucherhaushalt

Straight out of the ghettos of Oakland, California, this debut novel ist brutal, fast paced and tragic as a random shooting. Centred upon a gang of black teenage outcasts, the narrative interweaves a world of crack, turf-warfare and Uzis with a voice full of streetwise compassion and downtown humanity. As the characters move from drug-dealing delinquency to a blood soaked finale, they enact the contradictions of their urban experience, one in which criminality, friedship and survival all nervously co-exist. Mowry´s ear for dialogue is as sharp as a switchblade, his prose as urgent and immediate as anyone since Richard Wright´s. Way Past Cool is the ultimate post-rap novel; an incredible journey down West Cost mean street as seen through the eyes of its childhood.

Oakland, California, Ghetto, black teenage outcasts, rap, drugs, dealer, shootings, West Coast