LA Lit Fans Meetup for June: Clockers by Richard Price

Hello LA Lit Fans. For June, we'll be discussing Clockers by Richard Price.

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Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective has lost his appetite for the street. When a June night brings yet another drug murder, Rocco has no sense that the case is anything special. A 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 Rocco is sure that Victor Dunham is innocent and his brother Strike is the real killer. Driven and shrewd, Strike uses violence when he has to, but his primary concern is survival. He has been clocking for almost a year; if he could somehow move up to the ounce business, he might get off the street before it breaks him. But then Rocco Klein begins hounding him, and Strike's life becomes a nightmare.

At once an explosive murder mystery and a riveting portrait of two lives on a collision course, Clockers is a spectacular achievement. Richard Price has given voice to the harrowing but vital landscape of the American inner city, and this is one of the best novels in years.

The zoom link will be sent out the day before the event. We hope that you can join us. If so, please RSVP. If your plans change and you are no longer able to attend, please update your RSVP. No shows will be removed from the group.