STEVE LOPEZ - Third and Indiana

New York USA, Penguin, 1995. 1st Penguin Edition, Binding: Softcover, Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0140239456 Paperback In the Philadelphia neighbourhood known as the Badlands, drug gangs rule absolutely. Each time a life is lost in the carnage of the local drug war, a boldly drawn chalk outline of a body appears on the street leading up to City Hall: a teenaged dealer, a priest, a little girl with a jump rope. Ofelia Santoro rides her bicycle through the dark, decaying streets, looking for her fourteen-year-old son, Gabriel. She's afraid of what she might find. Gabriel has fallen in with the most savage of the drug dealers, but now wants to get out - if he can. Couple of small creases and tiny dent to back cover.