The Drift

Name: The Drift
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: John Ridley
ISBN: 9781440798962

Author: John Ridley

Narrator: J.D. Jackson

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2008

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

John Ridley, author of Everybody Smokes in Hell (F0035), is acclaimed for his gritty stories and brisk dialogue. The Drift is a fast-paced trip through the lurid world of modern hobos. Charles Harmon had a firm grip on the American dream until his mind started to crack. Now he's a know-it-all tramp riding the rails. When a friend asks Charles to help find his missing niece, the trail leads to an unsavory world of drug running and white supremacy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on June 14, 2023

Another excellent book from John Ridley. This one is about a Black man who used to "live white" until a vision/dream drove him into a life of riding the rails. He loads himself with ketamine and ecstasy to keep the vision/dream away as he drifts from city to city without much purpose aside from maki......more

Goodreads review by Madlyn on August 29, 2020

The story was very weird once the brain nigger started looking for his fiends niece on the railroads.......more

Goodreads review by Jhn on July 08, 2021

Classic! A real gem.......more

Goodreads review by Karen on February 06, 2020

Great book about living on the rails......more

Goodreads review by William on March 20, 2008

I would have given this book more stars. It certainly has stayed with me and is an engrossing read. But some things I don't neccessarily enjoy in my stories, like homosexual rape in a first person narrative, that get seared into your mind. Perhaps this and other types of violence doesn't other you.......more