Yes, a lot of praise for it's depiction of Oakland and slight
criticism of calling it "A Hip-Hop Noir Novel" ...
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/bookreport/A32765-2001Feb6.ht
ml
... there is something nice to say about the Toast though, it
has the most comics you can get for a quarter.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"... down these mean streets a man must go
who is not himself mean, who is neither
tarnished or afraid."
--Raymond
Chandler (1888-1959)
Hardboiled
http://www.adau.net/judas_ezine/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sullivan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 5:49 PM
>
> Today's Washington Post contained a very positive
review of "The Dying
> Ground: A Hip-Hop Noir Novel" by Michelle D.
Tramble. It is described as
> "a streetwise murder mystery about young people
involved in the drug
> trade in Oakland, Calif." It is set in 1989. It
sounds good. Has
> anyone here read it? Do you concur?
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