The System by Ryan Gattis

The System by Ryan Gattis

Gripping, meticulously researched, and smartly plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend. --Paula Hawkins, author of Into the Water

Fascinating, moving, and so very, very real. It grabbed me by the heart and mind from page one and never let me go. --Marcia Clark, author of The Final Judgment

An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called one of our most gifted novelists.

On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother's house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing--before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters.

But only one of them is guilty.

A search of Wizard and Dreamer's premises uncovers the gun that was used in the shooting, and a warrant goes out for their arrest. They know it's a frame-up, but the word from the gang is to keep their mouths shut and face the charges.

With these two off the streets and headed for jail, Dreamer's friend Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given one job: discover how the gun got moved, and why.

Played out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's The System is the harrowing story of a crime--from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks--told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.

Gattis, Ryan: - Ryan Gattis is a writer, curator, and creative writing professor at Chapman University. He holds an MA in Fiction Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and is the author of novels Roo Kickkick & the Big Bad Blimp and Kung Fu High School, which was acquired by The Weinstein Company. In 2012, he wrote and curated the story-driven art show The Art of Kung Fu: Myths and Legends and works closely with street art collective UGLAR (uglarworks.com) as Narrative Director on various public art projects. Raised in Colorado, he lives in Downtown Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9781250800367
ISBN 10	1250800366
Title	The System
Author	Ryan Gattis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Picador Usa
Year published	2021-12-07
Number of pages	432
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