Hunting in HarlemHorizon Realty is bringing Harlem back to its Renaissance. With the help of Cedric, Bobby, and Horus-three ex-cons trying to forge a new life-Horizon clears out the rubble and the rabble, filling once-dilapidated brownstones with black professionals handpicked for their shared vision of Harlem as a shining icon for the race. And fate seems to be working in Horizon's favor: Harlem's undesirable tenants seem increasingly clumsy of late, meeting early deaths by accident. As an ambitious reporter, Piper Goines, begins to investigate the neighborhood's extraordinarily high accident rate, Horizon's three employees find themselves fighting for their souls and their very lives-against a backdrop of some of the most beautiful brownstones in all of Manhattan. |
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User Review - MaggieFlo - LibraryThingIf you enjoy black humour, you will really enjoy this story. It is about a neighbourhood rehabilitation project in Harlem, NY that employs three ex- convicts to assist in the renovation of slums. The ... Read full review
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User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusThree ex-cons get ensnared in a treacherous scheme to revitalize Harlem.Second-novelist Johnson (Drop, 2000) begins his likable, and often entertaining story, virtually a casual history of Harlem, as ... Read full review
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| Title | Hunting in Harlem |
| Author | Mat Johnson |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1596918179, 9781596918177 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General Fiction / Urban |
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