Slow Motion Riot - Softcover

Blauner, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446614025 ISBN 13: 9780446614023

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

On an urban battleground dangerously divided along racial lines, probation officer Steve Baum is desperately struggling to hold on to the last remaining shreds of his idealism - until Darryl King invades his world. A deranged young sociopath, one of the most bloodthirsty creations of a diseased society, Darryl has come to drag Baum along with him into an inescapable morass of terror and corruption. And as their ravaged city explodes, they will stand face-to-face - mortal enemies trapped together in the heart of a devastating inferno that threatens to consume them both.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Blauner is the author of six novels, including Slow Motion Riot, which won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel of the year, and The Intruder, a New York Times and international bestseller. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Peg Tyre, and their two children. Visit his Web site at www.peterblauner.com.

From AudioFile:

Former New York Mayor John Lindsay once said, "What crime and poverty have created is a riot in slow motion." In SLOW MOTION RIOT, Blauner tells the story of a group of street criminals from the perspective of a probation officer named Steve Baum. The hero has not yet been crushed by the weight of his job. His big challenge is Darryl King, who--at 18 going on 30--has traded his humanity to become a major drug dealer. Malcolm Hillgartner narrates with an old-time radio newscaster's skill, though he can sound like a ghetto youth with attitude when needed. King and Baum are the muscle that gives this book its uncompromising view of life on the wrong side of the big city. M.S. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0446614025
• ISBN 13: 9780446614023
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512