Clockers

Author: Richard Price

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Price : 59.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780312426187
Publisher : picador
Imprint : picador
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Weight (g) : 0.499
Publication date : March 2008
Dimensions : 210mm X 141mm X 30mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : Richard Price
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Language : English
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Novelist and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Richard Price's bestselling second novel offers "an unforgettable picture of inner-city decay and despair" ("USA Today")At once an intense mystery and a revealing study of two men, a veteran homicide detective and an innercity crack dealer, on opposite sides of an endless war. "Clockers "is "powerful . . . harrowing . . . remarkable" ("The New York Times Book Review").

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Richard Price is the author of seven novels, including "Lush Life, Clockers, Freedomland, "and "Samaritan." He wrote the screenplays for the films" Sea of Love, Ransom, " and "The Color of Money," for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best TV writing as a co-writer for the HBO series "The Wire." Price was also awarded a Literature Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.

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