{"product_id":"freedomland-paperback","title":"Freedomland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eClockers\u003c\/i\u003e delivers his most compelling and accomplished novel to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins Richard Price's electrifying new novel, a tale set on the same turf--Dempsey, New Jersey--as \u003ci\u003eClockers.\u003c\/i\u003e Assigned to investigate the case of Brenda Martin's missing child is detective Lorenzo Council, a local son of the very housing project targeted as the scene of the crime. Under a white-hot media glare, Lorenzo launches an all-out search for the abducted boy, even as he quietly explores a different possibility: Does Brenda Martin know a lot more about her son's disappearance than she's admitting? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRight behind Lorenzo is Jesse Haus, an ambitious young reporter from the city's evening paper. Almost immediately, Jesse suspects Brenda of hiding something. Relentlessly, she works her way into the distraught mother's fragile world, befriending her even as she looks for the chance to break the biggest story of her career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the search for the alleged carjacker intensifies, so does the simmering racial tension between Dempsey and its mostly white neighbor, Gannon. And when the Gannon police arrest a black man from Dempsey and declare him a suspect, the animosity between the two cities threatens to boil over into violence. With the media swarming and the mood turning increasingly ugly, Lorenzo must take desperate measures to get to the bottom of Brenda Martin's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a suspenseful mystery and a brilliant portrait of two cities locked in a death-grip of explosive rage, \u003ci\u003eFreedomland\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the heart of the urban American experience--dislocated, furious, yearning--as never before. Richard Price has created a vibrant, gut-wrenching masterpiece whose images will remain long after the final, devastating pages.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated author of \"Clockers delivers his most compelling and accomplished novel to date. \u003cbr\u003eA white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night. \u003cbr\u003eSo begins Richard Price's electrifying new novel, a tale set on the same turf--Dempsey, New Jersey--as \"Clockers. Assigned to investigate the case of Brenda Martin's missing child is detective Lorenzo Council, a local son of the very housing project targeted as the scene of the crime. Under a white-hot media glare, Lorenzo launches an all-out search for the abducted boy, even as he quietly explores a different possibility: Does Brenda Martin know a lot more about her son's disappearance than she's admitting? \u003cbr\u003eRight behind Lorenzo is Jesse Haus, an ambitious young reporter from the city's evening paper. Almost immediately, Jesse suspects Brenda of hiding something. Relentlessly, she works her way into the distraught mother's fragile world, befriending her even as she looks for the chance to break the biggest story of her career. \u003cbr\u003eAs the search for the alleged carjacker intensifies, so does the simmering racial tension between Dempsey and its mostly white neighbor, Gannon. And when the Gannon police arrest a black man from Dempsey and declare him a suspect, the animosity between the two cities threatens to boil over into violence. With the media swarming and the mood turning increasingly ugly, Lorenzo must take desperate measures to get to the bottom of Brenda Martin's story. \u003cbr\u003eAt once a suspenseful mystery anda brilliant portrait of two cities locked in a death-grip of explosive rage, \"Freedomland reveals the heart of the urban American experience--dislocated, furious, yearning--as never before. Richard Price has created a vibrant, gut-wrenching masterpiece whose images will remain long after the final, devastating pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Price is the author of five previous novels; the most recent, \u003ci\u003eClockers, \u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has also written numerous screenplays, including \u003ci\u003eSea of Love, Ransom, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Money, \u003c\/i\u003e for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His work has appeared in many publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire, \u003c\/i\u003e and he has taught fiction writing at Yale, NYU, and Columbia. He and his family live in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 8.34 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372643500210,"sku":"9780385335133","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5d2200461a712e6af1250c41084d6d3d.webp?v=1777650697","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/freedomland-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}