Richard Price - Clockers

Details
Paperback - Used

Rating
4.1/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
Veteran homicide detective Rocco Klein has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug- related murder, he has no sense that the case is anything special. A young black man steps forward to confess, but a little digging reveals that he's never been in any kind of trouble whereas his half-brother, Strike, runs a crew of street-corner coke dealers or 'clockers' in a nearby housing project. Rocco is soon sure that they've got the wrong man, and suddenly his appetite for the job is back. With a vengeance.

"Big, shocking, powerful... resounds with vivid detail" - Independent on Sunday
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"Dazzling... An odyssey of cops, drugs, survival and power... A closely observed tour de force"- New York Daily News