The Last Street Novel, Omar Tyree
The Last Street Novel, Omar Tyree
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The Last Street Novel

Author: Omar Tyree

Narrator: Richard Allen

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/17/2007


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling sensation Omar Tyree applies his signature passion and flair for the romantic to a thrilling new novel about a writer who returns to the Harlem streets of his youth in search of a new story to tell.

The Last Street Novel tells the tale of Shareef Crawford, successful African American author of steamy romances, and his journey home to Harlem, where a search for literary inspiration leaves him in the crossfire of a world of thugs and their deadly turf battles. Besieged with more material than he could have imagined, Crawford must fight for his life before he can even begin crafting his narrative.

Filled with hardcore action, violent gang disputes, and passionate characters form the gritty inner city, The Last Street Novel promises to expand Tyree's fan base exponentially.

About Omar Tyree

Omar Tyree, a New York Times bestselling author, is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Fiction and of the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. His books include Boss Lady, Diary of a Groupie, Leslie, Just Say No! For the Love of Money, Sweet St. Louis, Single Mom, A Do Right Man, and Flyy Girl. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. To learn more about Omar Tyree, visit his website at www.omartyree.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monique on September 29, 2011

So had this book for a while, even checked out for a friend of mine but never got around to reading it..To be honest the first chapter really didnt grab me as it starts off in a warehouse with some thugs torturing and killing a man..You find out later who, what and why but it wasnt the best intro..I......more

Goodreads review by Adrienna on January 09, 2009

Listening to this on audio (ipod) from the library. It started out real slow, but when I got to the part of the book where he is talking to one of the women he slept with after a book signing in Harlem...she was trying to convince Shareef Crawford to write a novel about a hood thug in jail. I like ho......more

Goodreads review by Kiexiza on November 25, 2008

THIS BOOK TOOK ME BY SURPRISE> THE FIRST CHAPTER I HAD TO PUT IT DOWN> I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER GANGSTA STREET VIOLENCE NOVEL> and when i received the same book a few months later as a gift from my book club, i decided maybe i should read it a little further. Im glad i did! Drama, intensity, on t......more

Goodreads review by Dacia on February 18, 2016

Ok. It kept my interest so it was pretty good, I guess. I don't know if I would have liked it as much if I was reading it and not listening to the audio version. The narrator was really good. I used to really like Omar Tyree, but I think I have outgrown him.......more

Goodreads review by Larry on May 13, 2020

Pretty dry book. Detail is good but sometimes too over the top. It doesn't get interesting until the end of the book. The author def builds the suspense throughout the book but I mean come on. At some point give it a rest. (rolls eyes)......more