Black Flies

Informationen zum Autor Shannon Burke Klappentext After failing to get into medical school, Ollie Cross takes a job as a paramedic in Harlem. Zusammenfassung After failing to get into medical school, Ollie Cross takes a job as a paramedic in Harlem. Ashamed of his middle-class roots and eager to fit in, he adopts a tough-guy persona which carries him through the dark days on the streets- the shoot-outs, the bad cops, the unhinged medics and hopeless patients. But the daily horrors begin to take their toll and, as his personal life starts to unravel, even Ollie can't tell who he is anymore. Black Flies is a gripping and unforgettable novel about indelible experiences, friendship in extreme conditions, deterioration and redemption.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon Burke
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.08.2010
• EAN: 9780099535492
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953549-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Harlem, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Medical, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1990 to c 1999, bad cops; paramedic; e.r.; harlem; shoot-outs; the wire