Blacker Than a Thousand MidnightsDarnell Tucker is a young black man working as a firefighter and at odd jobs, trying to keep on the straight and narrow. As his friends fall prey to the lure of the streets, drugs, cheap thrills and guns, Darnell struggles to support himself and his family. Even as he gains a tentative sense of self, he is drawn to the destructive beauty of fires, and to the wilder, untamed forces beyond the structure of domesticity. This search for balance in a dangerous world propels the quiet heroism of a beautiful and moving story. |
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