The Whites
by:
Richard Price (author)
“A masterpiece, to stand with such earlier Price classics as Clockers and Lush Life . . . [The Whites has] a compelling plot, yet the real joy of the book lies page by page, line by line, in its brilliant characterizations, rich detail, endless surprises, crackling dialogue, [and] absurdist...
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“A masterpiece, to stand with such earlier Price classics as Clockers and Lush Life . . . [The Whites has] a compelling plot, yet the real joy of the book lies page by page, line by line, in its brilliant characterizations, rich detail, endless surprises, crackling dialogue, [and] absurdist humor.” —The Washington PostBack in the 1990s, when Billy Graves worked in the Sout
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ISBN:
9780312621308
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
This book asks questions about the form of justice, what is it and who should dispense it. The murders at the heart of the story are actually secondary to the actions of police and how they deal with the murders. When the difference between policing in America and Australia is taken into account, th...