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American Skin
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ISBN10: 0684862220
ISBN13: 9780684862224
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: Apr 6 2000
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780684862224
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: Apr 6 2000
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
American Skin was first published in the United Kingdom to resounding acclaim after the author used his last seventy-five dollars to make an unsolicited submission to the publisher of the Scottish beats, whose work he admired. It is a timeless story about a young man's coming-of-age as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society.
Alex Verdi is on the lam, fleeing from the police who have arrested his parents on drug charges and want him for questioning. Traveling to Chicago, he joins a multiracial group of anti-Nazi skinheads and embarks on an odyssey that takes him from the city's embattled streets to an Army boot camp to Northwestern's plush campus, and finally lands him amid the horrors of maximum-security prison.
In this intense and gripping debut, Don De Grazia confirms his stature as a young writer of uncommon seriousness and consummate artistry.
In this intense and gripping debut, Don De Grazia confirms his stature as a young writer of uncommon seriousness and consummate artistry.
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