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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Lord of the Ghetto

Lord of the Ghetto

Wilkins, Patrick

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1495915239
ISBN13: 9781495915239
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 28 2014
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Lewis, 42, is known only by his surname. A high school teacher and part-time jazz saxophonist, he lives a comfortable, well-ordered traditional life on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco in the heady days of the 1970s. With his liberated wife 32-years old Helen, feature writer on a local newspaper, their comfortable existence in the professions, vacations and outings to restaurants and clubs could not be more idyllic: Until they meet a sixteen year-old musically and intellectually-gifted prodigy, a student of Lewis with a background different to most. Raised in ghettos, Gary Bridger did not study in the conservatory, but on the street with violent, drug-dealing and murderous criminals. The resulting explosive make-up of his personality as he tells his story, a blend of musical genius, awe-inspiring wisdom and sidewalk savvy cannot fail to impact on Lewis, his wife and their entourage. Within a few short months of happiness, heartbreak and ultimately tragedy we learn often in disturbing, searing, lyrical and musically-driven prose why the couple re-examine all the values that previously governed them, and must change their lives forever.

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