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Clockers
Contributor(s): Price, Richard (Author)
ISBN: 0312426186     ISBN-13: 9780312426187
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $20.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2008
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Annotation: Novelist and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Richard Price's bestselling second novel offers "an unforgettable picture of inner-city decay and despair" ("USA Today")


At once an intense mystery and a revealing study of two men, a veteran homicide detective and an innercity crack dealer, on opposite sides of an endless war. "Clockers "is "powerful . . . harrowing . . . remarkable" ("The New York Times Book Review").

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Crime
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (1.60 lbs) 624 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Geographic Orientation - New Jersey
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:

Novelist and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Richard Price's bestselling second novel offers an unforgettable picture of inner-city decay and despair (USA Today)

At once an intense mystery and a revealing study of two men, a veteran homicide detective and an innercity crack dealer, on opposite sides of an endless war. Clockers is powerful . . . harrowing . . . remarkable (The New York Times Book Review).

Contributor Bio(s): Price, Richard: - Richard Price is the author of several novels, including Clockers, Freedomland, and Samaritan. He won a 2007 Edgar Award for his writing on the HBO series The Wire.