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La mattina del 29 aprile del 1992 si conclude uno dei processi più celebri della storia americana: il tribunale di Los Angeles assolve i quattro poliziotti coinvolti nel pestaggio di Rodney King, un tassista nero che non si era fermato al loro ordine. Meno di due ore dopo il verdetto, la città di Los Angeles, una polveriera di tensioni razziali, esplode in una violenza inaudita: per sei interminabili giorni si scatena l’inferno, intere zone della città vanno a fuoco e vengono abbandonate a se stesse dalle forze dell’ordine. Per le gang criminali è l’occasione per regolare vecchi conti in sospeso, lasciando sul campo decine di morti. Questo è il romanzo di quelle giornate. Un romanzo incendiario e devastante come la rivolta che racconta.
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- ISBN: 8823511631
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 416
- Data di uscita: 03-03-2016
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…this whole entire scene says the same to me as it says to every other knucklehead who ever thought bad thoughts across this whole city: now’s your fucking day, homie. Felicdades, you won the lottery! Go out there and get wild, it says. Come and take what you can, it says. If you’re bad enough, i Leggi tutto
You grow up in the same neighborhood as me, one with a gun store that sells single bullets for twenty-five cents to anybody with bad thoughts and a quarter, then you might end up the same way. this book is like law and order: street justice (which is a show i would totally watch please) its focus is o Leggi tutto
En 1992, se resolvió el juicio contra los policías que dieron una paliza a Rodney King por conducir borracho. El veredicto fue considerado demasiado suave por la comunidad negra y se desataron seis días de altercados que convirtieron la ciudad de Los Ángeles en zona de guerra. El planteamiento de est Leggi tutto
Catching Up… On September 21, 2016 I had the opportunity to bring this author to our Library Book Discussion group to discuss his debut novel. It was a spellbinding discussion. I loved coordinating this event. As an LA resident, he chose to come to our area, because he appreciated working with me, an Leggi tutto
In theory, I thought this was a brilliant idea, and in many ways it really worked, while in others, I felt it could have been improved. I liked the multiple POVs, but it was maybe a few too many. The story moves forward at a good pace, but after a while, it feels repetitive. In a sense, that really
This was a very tricky book for me to review. On the one hand I think its an important and honest exploration into the mentality behind city riots; what sparks them, why they grow out of control and how people link their experiences to the bigger picture. What I Liked: Although I was too young to rem Leggi tutto
Set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots, All Involved begins with a shocking act of violence. Ernesto, an innocent brother of two Chicano gang members is brutally murdered on his way home from work. The ensuing story of revenge is told via a series of interlinked chapters by a wide variety of
