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Clockers
Clockers
Author: Richard Price
A “harrowing” novel about a cop and a crack dealer -- the basis for the acclaimed Spike Lee film. — Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a New Jersey city just outside Manhattan, has lost his appetite for the wild drama of the street. When a warm June night brings yet another drug murder, Klein has no sense that the ca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780747598206
ISBN-10: 0747598207
Publication Date: 6/1/2009
Pages: 608
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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WestofMars avatar reviewed Clockers on + 162 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I adored this book and the story of a cop and a drug dealer. I still smile when I see bottles of Yoohoo...

Really a touching, gritty, realistic tale.
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I recommend this book. It is a complex, fictional book about the 'street-life' of a drug dealer and the police who pursue him. Character development is excellent and subplots are numerous and thick. A long read but worthwhile. I would rate it 8/10.
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From the Publisher
A veteran homicide cop believes that at least one of two African American brothers charged with murder and drug possession is innocent, and his investigation thrusts him into a harrowing inner city landscape.

From The Critics
Playboy
Price propels each scene with vivid dialogue that crackles with realism.

People
Price displays a near perfect ear for street language . . . He gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it's hard to believe he himself has never been either.
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Powerful atmospheric; a dark vision of American life. Ricard Price balances head long narritave with moments of insight and perception. An unforgetable picture of inner city despair.
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