Venkatesh Sudhir
Venkatesh Sudhir - The Tomorrow Game Rival Teenagers Their Race For A Gun And A Community United To Save Them - Paperback
Venkatesh Sudhir - The Tomorrow Game Rival Teenagers Their Race For A Gun And A Community United To Save Them - Paperback
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Description: A New York Times bestselling author's gripping account of a Chicago community coming together to save a group of teenagers from gun violence. In the tradition of works like Random Family and Behind the Beautiful Forevers Sudhir Venkatesh's The Tomorrow Game is a deeply reported chronicle of families surviving in a Southside Chicago community. At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshall Mariot an introverted video gamer and bike rider and Frankie Paul who leaves foster care to direct his cousin's drug business while he's in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan Marshall and his friends decide they must preemptively go after Frankie's crew to defend their honor. The pressure mounts as both groups of teens race to find a gun and strike first. All the while the community at large a cast that includes the teens families black market gun dealers local pastors a bodega owner and a veteran beat cop try their best to defuse the conflict and keep the kids alive. Based on Venkatesh's three decades of immersion in Chicago's Southside and as propulsive as a novel The Tomorrow Game is a nuanced timely look at the toll that poverty and gun violence take on families and their communities.
Title: The Tomorrow Game Rival Teenagers Their Race For A Gun And A Community United To Save Them
Author(s): Venkatesh Sudhir
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501194412
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/20/2023
Category: Crime & Criminology
Description: A New York Times bestselling author's gripping account of a Chicago community coming together to save a group of teenagers from gun violence. In the tradition of works like Random Family and Behind the Beautiful Forevers Sudhir Venkatesh's The Tomorrow Game is a deeply reported chronicle of families surviving in a Southside Chicago community. At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshall Mariot an introverted video gamer and bike rider and Frankie Paul who leaves foster care to direct his cousin's drug business while he's in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan Marshall and his friends decide they must preemptively go after Frankie's crew to defend their honor. The pressure mounts as both groups of teens race to find a gun and strike first. All the while the community at large a cast that includes the teens families black market gun dealers local pastors a bodega owner and a veteran beat cop try their best to defuse the conflict and keep the kids alive. Based on Venkatesh's three decades of immersion in Chicago's Southside and as propulsive as a novel The Tomorrow Game is a nuanced timely look at the toll that poverty and gun violence take on families and their communities.
Title: The Tomorrow Game Rival Teenagers Their Race For A Gun And A Community United To Save Them
Author(s): Venkatesh Sudhir
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501194412
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/20/2023
Category: Crime & Criminology
