Freedomland
A Novel
The celebrated author of Clockers delivers his most compelling and accomplished novel to date.
A white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night.
So begins Richard Price's electrifying new novel, a tale set on the same turf--Dempsey, New Jersey--as Clockers. Assigned to investigate the case of Brenda Martin's missing child is detective Lorenzo Council, a local son of the very housing project targeted as the scene of the crime. Under a white-hot media glare, Lorenzo launches an all-out search for the abducted…
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November 29, 2005Richard Price is Dittman Professor of American Studies and Professor of Anthropology and History at the College of William and Mary. With his partner and coauthor Sally Price, he has written acclaimed volumes about the history of art and culture.
Freedomland
Richard Price