Follows the lives of two friends, Rooster and Clive-nem, as they try to cope with drugs, gangs, and women, while growing up in an L.A. ghetto
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Ricardo Cortez Cruz was born in Decatur, Illinois. During high school and college he worked as a sports intern and newsroom clerk for the Decatur Herald and Review and as a sports clerk/writer for the Bloomington Pantagraph. He holds a master’s degree in writing from Illinois State University, where he was awarded the 1987–1988 Robert Brome Creative Writing Award, and is currently completing his doctorate there. His fiction has been published in Black Ice magazine, and a story is forthcoming in Fiction International. His hobbies include stereo mixing and basketball. He is currently living large in Bloomington, Illinois
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Anbieter: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. authors first book First Edition as pictured , a very good condition softciover,clean pages except 2 words on first blank page. 121 pages. Straight Outta Compton is about living large, living in the fast lane. It raps to its readers about being black, being born and raised in the L.A. ghetto, It focuses on the lives of two black men, Rooster and Clive-nem, who grow up together in Compton. He and Rooster split up, fall into rival gangs-the Bloods and the Crips-and being to hate each other. Clive has other problems besides Rooster-namely, Compton. He thinks that he's made a girl pregnant. He's involved with gangs. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1402 h21
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Anbieter: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, USA
Hardcover/Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Near fine unread stated first edition/first printing hardback. Free of owner's marks with firm binding. Shelfwear includes scratch base textblock. Dust jacket heavily rubbed, especially along spine. Toned. Now in protective archival sleeve. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3714
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Anbieter: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First printing. Fine in a near fine (small spot of abrasion on front panel) dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 31421
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Anbieter: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, USA
HARDCOVER. 1st edition. inscribed by Cruz, 121pp, octavo. tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards, crisp pages, Near Fine wrapped in mylar, scuffed, worn edges, torn at spine bottom, Good+. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 115596
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Anbieter: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Basis for the film adaptation. Small hardcover issue. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 121 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3116215
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