Dodgers: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B011G3HBXS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 589 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Don't "Dodge" This One: Polished Debut Shines on Multiple Levels Sure the comparisons to Richard Price are inevitable, but Bill Beverly's debut novel "Dodgers" signals the arrival of a unique voice on the literary scene. When you imagine all the possible outcomes for a coming of age, gangster, road trip novel, you're more likely to expect a mess rather than a first rate novel. However, Beverly manages to create a completely original story centered around some memorable characters. The main character . His English is Too Good There is much that is good about this book. It's fun to read, in a page-turner sort of way, and it seems to have things to say about the context of the story, which is about four teen-aged African American youths who are sent by their gangster boss to travel by car from LA to Wisconsin, there to kill a witness to an earlier gangster slaying. These are young guys; the protagonist is 15 and the designated trigger man is 13.The protagonist. "Street Minimalism - coming of age" according to Danae M. Falliers. It's hard to give something 5 stars, when you presume it's competing with the best in literature. But in it's genre, and for ambition, Street Minimalism - coming of age Danae M. Falliers It's hard to give something 5 stars, when you presume it's competing with the best in literature. But in it's genre, and for ambition, 4 weren't enough.I knew nothing of this novel before I bought it. It's written by a white man, and uses black street language for his characters to communicate. Hat's off to having the courage to do that. I didn't find it at all offensive, but I'm white. Somehow, I don't think it would be an African Amer. weren't enough.I knew nothing of this novel before I bought it. It's written by a white man, and uses black street language for his characters to communicate. Hat's off to having the courage to do that. I didn't find it at all offensive, but I'm white. Somehow, I don't think it would be an African Amer
Salinger. Itis the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—including East's hothead younger brother—to kill a key witness hiding out in Wisconsin. Dodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. The journey takes East out of a city he's never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him, ultimately forcing him to grapple with his place in the world and decide what kind of man he wants to become. Writte
When things go bad, he is sent out of town with his wilder half-brother and two older gang members to perform a hit. The beginning is familiar: an inner city Los Angeles kid named East is working as a low level hired gun assigned to watch a drug den. I tore through this novel and was genuinely disappointed that it had to end. The sense of empathy that the author, Bill Beverly, creates in the reader is as illuminating as it is unexpected. Their target is a man who is hiding out in Wisconsin. An Best Book of April 2016:Dodgers is a thriller that seems to come out of the blue, a unique novel that could be described as equal pa
He teaches American literature and writing at Trinity University in Washington, DC. . His research on criminal fugitives and the stories surrounding them became the book On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. BILL BEVERLY grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and studied at Oberlin College and the University of Florida. Edgar Hoover's America