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...England, higher education is seen as a gubernatorial discretionary fund," said board member Andrew De Rocco, Connecticut commissioner of education...
...novel focuses on Strike, the black 19-year-old boss of a crew of teenage cocaine dealers, who suffers from a stammer and an ulcer; and Rocco Klein, the jaded white cop who investigates a murder to which Strike's brother Victor has confessed. "I'm not a social-policy maker, nor a journalist or sociologist," says Price, 42, an edgy, high-energy presence. "I want you to read about Strike and Victor and say, 'There but for the grace of God go I. And if I were born in the projects in 1970, where would I be today...
...her.She has long, curly, fire-red hair. Later, afterour romance soured, I was haunted by thathair--never could go anywhere without seeing her.After exchanging hellos several times, I told myroommates I had met this woman with the warmestsmile I had ever seen. They found her in our classfacebook. Rocco called me from Lamont sometimetowards the end of April "She's here" he said Tenminutes later, I was there...
...Rodney seems to be saying Strike should do the job, and Strike is no shooter. Then Strike hears that Darryl has been shot and that Strike's brother Victor, a straight-arrow who works two jobs and has never had a parking ticket, has confessed. Rocco Klein, a white detective who's more honest than most, decides that Victor's confession is phony and that Strike, whom we know to be innocent, did the killing...
...conventional cop opera, the puzzle -- Does Victor think he is protecting Strike, or did he somehow really shoot Darryl? -- would be the focus, and the detective would sort it out. Here, despite Rocco's efforts, nothing becomes clear, and Dempsy's new accumulations of refuse obscure last week's stains. Instead of a solution, Price leaves us with a sheaf of memorable sketches: Dempsy's citizens, peering at the streets from behind the broken panes of their lives. This is a superb reportorial novel, a fine job of writing and witnessing...