Description
Attica Locke–a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire–delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)
“A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot…. Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.” – Los Angeles Times
“Atmospheric… deeply nuanced… akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane…. Subtle and compelling.” – New York Times
–James Ellroy, author of American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Attica Locke
Published: 04/20/2010
Publisher: Amistad Press
ISBN: 9780061735851
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 1.09″ H x 7.96″ L x 5.58″ W
Award: 2010 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee – Fiction
About the Author
Locke, Attica: –
Attica Locke is the author of Black Water Rising, which was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the UK’s Orange Prize, and also the national bestseller The Cutting Season, which won an Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. She is a producer and writer on the Fox drama Empire. She is on the board of directors for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, where she lives.
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