Near fine unread stated first edition/first printing hardback. Free of owner's marks with firm binding. Shelfwear includes scratch base textblock. Dust jacket heavily rubbed, especially along spine. Toned. Now in protective archival sleeve.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Straight Outta Compton

Publisher

Fiction Collective Two, Boulder, Colorado

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0932511600

ISBN 13

9780932511607

Binding

Hardcover/Hardback

Edition

First Edition.

Printing

1st printing

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Fiction

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Synopsis

Samples from all aspects of black life in its search to have its characters find what rapper Heavy D. would call a “Peaceful Journey”

Straight Outta Compton is about living large, living in the fast lane. It raps to its readers about being black, being born and raised in the L.A. ghetto, being so-called "Niggaz 4-Life," being sweet on black life (for those in it, the beat goes on). It focuses on the lives of two black men, Rooster and Clive-nem, who grow up together in Compton. He and Rooster split up, fall into rival gangs-the Bloods and the Crips-and being to hate each other. Clive has other problems besides Rooster-namely, Compton. He thinks that he's made a girl pregnant. He's involved with gangs.

Straight Outta Compton samples from all aspects of black life in its search to have its characters find what rapper Heavy D. would call a, "Peaceful Journey." It wasn't just written; it was mixed by a DJ, and the result is hyped!

About the Author

Ricardo Cortez Cruz was born in Decatur, Illinois. During high school and college he worked as a sports intern and newsroom clerk for the Decatur Herald and Review and as a sports clerk/writer for the Bloomington Pantagraph. He holds a master’s degree in writing from Illinois State University, where he was awarded the 1987–1988 Robert Brome Creative Writing Award, and is currently completing his doctorate there. His fiction has been published in Black Ice magazine, and a story is forthcoming in Fiction International. His hobbies include stereo mixing and basketball. He is currently living large in Bloomington, Illinois

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