Violent Spring by Gary Phillips
The body of a murdered Korean liquor store owner is unearthed at the intersection of Florence and Normandie. Against a background of increasing racial tension, black private eye Ivan Monk searches for the killer. Then another body turns up. And while the BI and the Rolling Daltons, the largest gang in the city, dog his trail, Monk questions whether there's more than mere murder happening. Questions that wealthy power broker Maxfield O'Day may have the answers to. Monk is propelled towards a conclusion that may foment another Violent Spring in the tarnished City of Angels.
Tough, smart and unabashedly political -- Gar Anthony Haywood
Ivan Monk traverses the terrain of the boosters and mercenaries who run Blade RunnervilleHe is an unbowed, post modern protagonist who, with brains and brawn, confronts this Hobbesian universe in his quest for the answers. Violent Spring peels away the studded rind of the golden orange, exposing its bete noire core -- Mike Davis
Ivan Monk traverses the terrain of the boosters and mercenaries who run Blade RunnervilleHe is an unbowed, post modern protagonist who, with brains and brawn, confronts this Hobbesian universe in his quest for the answers. Violent Spring peels away the studded rind of the golden orange, exposing its bete noire core -- Mike Davis
Gary Phillips has been a security guard, a printer, a shade tree mechanic, a labour union organiser, a radio talk show host, a foundation staffer and a community activist for over 30 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781874061755 |
| ISBN 10 | 1874061750 |
| Title | Violent Spring |
| Author | Gary Phillips |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 1997-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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