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Always outnumbered, always outgunned

Socrates Fortlow: a man who spent most of his life behind bars. Now he is free, and as an elderly black man in the Los Angeles ghetto, he's determined to do right. Despite the poverty, and despite his past. Like his Greek namesake, he will try to understand his world, but it is not an easy path to walk: whether turning a young man away from a life of crime or simply finding a job. But in every man's soul lives a hero.

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  • "Socrates Fortlow is an ex-con trying to establish a life in the world after 27 years in prison."
  • "Three decades ago, Socrates Fortlow killed two people in a burst of drunken rage. After 27 years of hard time, he lives in an abandoned building in Watts, delivering groceries for a supermarket, and exploring philosophical questions of mortality in a world of crime, poverty, and racism."
  • "Socrates Fortlow is an ex-con trying to establish a life for himself following twenty-seven years in prison. When he meets Darryl, an 11-year-old boy on his way to a life of bloodshed and violence, Socrates becomes determined to atone for his past by saving Darryl."
  • "Socrates Fortlow: a man who spent most of his life behind bars. Now he is free, and as an elderly black man in the Los Angeles ghetto, he's determined to do right. Despite the poverty, and despite his past. Like his Greek namesake, he will try to understand his world, but it is not an easy path to walk: whether turning a young man away from a life of crime or simply finding a job. But in every man's soul lives a hero."@en
  • "Socrates Fortlow, a tough, brooding, ex-convict, is determined to challenge and understand the violence and anarchy in his world, and in himself."@en
  • "Three decades ago, young Socrates Fortlow murdered a man and woman in cold blood with his huge "rock-breaking hands" while in a drunken rage. 27 years of hard time in an Indiana prison followed. Now he is out, living in a cramped two-room apartment in an abandoned building in Watts, scavenging bottles and delivering groceries for a supermarket. The tough, brooding ex-con is determined to understand the violence and anarchy in the world around him--and in his own soul. A series of related stories make up this lyrical novel that explores the issues of morality, crime, poverty and racism through the eye of the most unforgettable character since Easy Rawlins."
  • "Three decades ago, young Socrates Fortlow murdered a man and woman in cold blood with his huge "rock-breaking hands" while in a drunken rage. 27 years of hard time in an Indiana prison followed. Now he is out, living in a cramped two-room apartment in an abandoned building in Watts, scavenging bottles and delivering groceries for a supermarket. The tough, brooding ex-con is determined to understand the violence and anarchy in the world around him--and in his own soul. A series of related stories make up this lyrical novel that explores the issues of morality, crime, poverty and racism through the eye of the most unforgettable character since Easy Rawlins."@en
  • "In fourteen linked stories, an older ex-con named Socrates ponders decency and formulates a moral code for African American men on the streets of Watts. Socrates employs his principles by befriending Darryl, a fatherless twelve-year-old boy, and making him take responsibility for his actions."@en

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  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic audio books"

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  • "Always outnumbered, always outgunned"
  • "Always outnumbered, always outgunned"@en

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