The turnaround

On a hot summer afternoon in Washington DC 1972, three white teenagers, stoned and fearless, drive a stolen car into a rough, black neighbourhood. Taunting local black kids through the car window, they speed off to what they think is safety.

They find themselves trapped in a dead-end street whilst an angry mob gathers. In the ensuing chaos, two of the white boys manage to escape, but Billy - the third friend - is shot dead.

Thirty-five years later, one of these men reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. However, another survivor of that day is now out of prison, and is looking for reparation in any form he can find it...

Författare
George P. Pelecanos
(George Pelecanos.)
Genre
Roman
Språk
Engelska
Förlag År Ort Om boken ISBN
Phoenix 2009 England, London 294 sidor. 18 cm. 978-0-7538-2459-7, 0-7538-2459-0, 978-0-7538-2660-7, 0-7538-2660-7
Little, Brown, and Co. 2008 New York 978-0-316-15647-9