Clockers: A Novel (3) (Bloomsbury Modern Library)

By: Richard Price

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Synopsis: The New York Times–bestselling author&’s &“harrowing&” novel about a cop and a crack dealer—the basis for the acclaimed Spike Lee film (The New York Times). Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a New Jersey city just outside Manhattan, has lost his appetite for the wild drama of the street. When a warm June night brings yet another drug murder, Klein has no sense that the case is anything special. A black twenty-year-old steps forward to confess, but a little digging reveals that he&’s never been in any kind of trouble, whereas his brother runs a crew of street-corner cocaine dealers—clockers—in a nearby housing project. Soon Klein is sure that Victor Dunham is innocent, sure that his brother, Strike, is the real killer. And suddenly Rocco&’s hunger for the job is back. At once an explosive murder mystery and a riveting portrait of two lives on a collision course, Clockers is a gritty tale of suspense from the award-winning screenwriter for HBO&’s The Wire, a New York Times–bestselling novelist who &“gets so deep under the skin of both the cops and the clockers that it&’s hard to believe he himself has never been either&” (People). &“Page after page explodes with prose as vivid as kinetic art.&” —Chicago Tribune &“Powerful . . . Harrowing . . . Remarkable.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“Triumphant . . . An astounding accomplishment.&” —The Philadelphia Inquirer