Abraham Rodriguez, JR., Author . Picador USA $14 (304p) ISBN 978-0-312-26299-0
Muddied by unconvincing characters and careless prose, this follow-up to Rodriguez's American Book Award–winning debut novel, Spidertown, struggles to find a new way to once again chronicle the life of Puerto Rican teenagers searching for
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Abraham Rodriguez, JR., Author . Akashic $15.95 (292p) ISBN 978-1-933354-56-9
Told from a variety of perspectives, including that of Detective Sanchez of the Bronx NYPD, this fevered noir from Rodriguez (Spidertown
) centers on law enforcement's search for a drug dealer known as Spook, who had agreed to launder huge sums
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Abraham Rodriguez, JR., Author Penguin Books $11.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-14-023838-9
An impressive first novel about a drug dealer's struggle to escape a dead-end life in the South Bronx. (Sept.)
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Abraham Rodriguez, JR., Author Hyperion Books $19.45 (323p) ISBN 978-1-56282-845-5
This promising first novel begins with the main character imagining his death in a hail of bullets and ends with the aftermath of a drive-by ambush. Set in a drug-infested ghetto of gun-toting teenagers, it tells the story of 16-year-old Miguel and...
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Abraham Rodriguez, JR., Author, R. W. Scholes, Illustrator Milkweed Editions $12.95 (115p) ISBN 978-0-915943-74-6
Rodriguez chronicles the lives of Hispanic residents of the South Bronx in this harshly realistic and powerful debut collection. A 12-year-old girl crosses over into precocious womanhood while playing ``war games'' with the boys amid the broken...
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