Third and Indiana, Steve Lopez
Third and Indiana, Steve Lopez
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Third and Indiana

Author: Steve Lopez

Narrator: Robert Lawrence

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Set in Philadelphia’s badlands, where drug gangs rule the streets, this debut novel has the explosive authenticity, the narrative drive, and the tender passion to knock you out of your seat!Fourteen-year-old Gabriel’s father skipped two years ago. Now his mother, Ofelia, is searching for her runaway son, riding her bicycle at night through the city’s darkest, most violent stretch. The pavement beneath her is mysteriously painted with chalk outlines of bodies. Each time a child is killed, another white outline appears.While Ofelia tries to outrun a vision of her son’s death, her son tries to outrun the neighborhood, taking cover with a drifter; but Gabriel is already trapped, at the mercy of Diablo, the ugliest of the dealers, a man who kills for fun.

About Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez has been a Los Angeles Times columnist since 2001 and is a four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary. He is the author of three novels, two collections of columns, and the New York Times bestseller and winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Nonfiction, The Soloist. Additionally, Lopez's television reporting for public station KCET has won three local news Emmys and a share of the Columbia University DuPont Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica

An easy read, and not the most literary novel ever. However, for my teacher-friends, this is a very good book to use in a high-school or freshmen college-English class. Lots of good "issues" that can inspire argument papers from your students. In addition, there are many symbols and characters with......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

It’s sad but gabe pulls......more

Goodreads review by Helen

This was so hard to read. The story was good..characters complex, interesting & likeable (except when they weren't), the area so well defined both its past and it's present...and the writing...perfectly paced, honest, poetic. But because of the truth in the writing, it was hard to read. The foreshad......more

Goodreads review by Robbie

How has this book not gotten more attention!? The way Lopez creates a cast of deeply complex characters and ties them together through Gabriel is amazing. From beginning to end I couldn’t put the book down. For the thousands of people that read “The Hate U Give,” you need to read this too. It’s like......more