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Informationen zum Autor Ryan Gattis is a novelist, lecturer at Chapman University in Southern California, and member of LA urban art crew UGLAR. Klappentext ' All Involved is a symphonic, pitch-perfect, superlative novel. It is visceral and adrenalin-fuelled, yet tender and even darkly comic. It is audacious, unflinching and subversive. It doesn't judge. It swallowed me whole.' David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas 'Shocking, visceral and humane, All Involved is a perfectly paced, heart-breaking portrait of a city tearing itself apart.' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ' All Involved is a high-octane, polyphonic narrative that hit me with the force of a nuclear strike. It is a scorching, bowl-along book with fierce integrity and I heartily recommend it to all who like compelling committed fiction.' Patrick McCabe, author of The Butcher Boy 'Corrosive, timely, vividly realized scenes of urban warfare and thwarted dreams by a writer who clearly knows his subject' Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde 'The most compelling, moving, shocking and world-expanding novel you'll read all year; it sucks you in, then spits you out, permanently changed. I loved it with a frankly scary evangelical zeal.' Charlotte Mendelson, author of When We Were Bad ' All Involved is an astounding, vital novel. LA riots, 1992, brought to life with scorching intensity and empathy.' Matt Haig, author of The Humans Vorwort Propulsive, ambitious and utterly captivating, this is Picador's biggest debut novel of the season Zusammenfassung For six days, Los Angeles is a city ablaze. For six days, seventeen people are caught in the chaos. For six days, Los Angeles shows the world what happens when laws are no longer enforceable. Ernesto Vera is walking home from his job at a taco truck when three guys jump out of a car and assault him. Ernesto's not in a gang, he's not involved, but his sister is - and when Payasa hears that her innocent brother has been murdered, she wants revenge. As widespread rioting breaks out across the city, Ernesto's death triggers an astonishing sequence of events, not just for the gangs involved, but for the firefighters, nurses and law enforcement who must deal with the consequences. In April 1992, after one of the most notorious, racially charged trials in American history, the city of L.A. exploded in violence. All Involved tells the interconnected stories of seventeen characters over six life-changing days, and transforms the truly extraordinary story of the L.A. riots into a vivid, electrifying and addictive work of fiction. ...
