NOMINATED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER’Mesmerising’ SUNDAY TIMES’Short, lucid and harrowing’ OBSERVER’Dark, gritty and thrilling’ DAILY MAIL’Incredibly suspenseful’ ATTICA LOCKE***An Observer, Guardian and Sunday Times crime fiction/thriller of the month***Set against the backdrop of the simmering racial tension produced by the LA Riots and the O.J. Simpson trial, comes this powerful hardboiled noir of violence and obsession Pittsburgh, 1995.When Bobby’s best friend Aaron returns from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist, Bobby feels even more conflicted about hiding his own identity as a biracial Black man.During the night of their reunion, Bobby witnesses Aaron mercilessly assault a young Black man with a brick.In the wake of this horrifying act of violence, Bobby must conceal his unwitting involvement in the crime from the police, as well as battle his own personal demons.Three-Fifths is a harrowing story about racism and brutality that is more urgent now than ever.NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELNOMINATED FOR THE ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELNOMINATED FOR THE STRAND CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL
About the author
John Vercher is a writer on race, identity and social justice currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts. His debut novel, Three-Fifths was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) award and was a Sunday Times, Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year.
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