β Scribed by S.J. Rozan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
"Powerful. . . . A redemptive and absorbing work."--The New York Times Book Review , on Spidertown
"Scary, sexy, exuberant. . . . Rodriguez has seized a truth of our times . . . and given us a crackling good read."--Los Angeles Times Book Review , on Spidertown
"Rodriguez uses the repetitiveness of life in the ghetto itself to make the tension and desperation of Spidertown achingly palpable."--People , on Spidertown
"A joy to read! Rodriguez's writing has never been more accomplished, more lyrical, more trenchant, or more humane. In these pages you will find marvels, but also a young man writing with the ferocity of life itself."--Junot Diaz, on The Buddha Book
When Puerto Rican ladies' man Alex awakes one morning to find a mysterious woman in his bed, he assumes he's suffered another embarrassing blackout. He soon learns, however, that Ava is no one-night stand--in fact,...
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