Dogfight, A Love Story A Novel【電子書籍】[ Matt Burgess ]

＜p＞＜strong＞What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Joseーsorry, Tariqーis returning from a stretch in prison after an unsuccessful robbery, a burglary that Alfredo was supposed to be part of. So now everyone thinks Alfredo snitched on his brother, which may have something to do with the fact that Alfredo is now dating Tariq’s ex-girlfriend, Isabel, who is eight months pregnant. Tariq’s violent streak is probably #1 worry on Alfredo’s list.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Also, he needs to steal a pit bull. For the homecoming dogfight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Burgess brings to life the rich and vivid milieu of his hometown native Queens in all its glorious variety. Here is the real New York, a place where Pakistanis, Puerto Ricans, Haitians, An glos, African Americans, and West Indians scrap and mingle and love. But．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る