A complex novel set in a war-torn New York City. The protagonist, who has recently returned from France, ends up in a poor, deteriorating neighborhood in Brooklyn and the novel follows his interactions with his neighbors and flashbacks to his childhood. Although much of the novel was written before 9/11, the novel is obviously influenced by that day.
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C6 -The African American author is a poet, playwright, song writer, and choreographer. This is his first novel
C7 - 2004 CY - New York DA - 01/2004 LA - eng N1 -The novel was made into a play by the author with live music and video and performed at the CalArts Theater February 2 - 4, 2006.
N2 -A complex novel set in a war-torn New York City. The protagonist, who has recently returned from France, ends up in a poor, deteriorating neighborhood in Brooklyn and the novel follows his interactions with his neighbors and flashbacks to his childhood. Although much of the novel was written before 9/11, the novel is obviously influenced by that day.
PB - Atria Books PP - New York PY - 2004 TI - Asphalt ER -