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The underbelly plus "but I'm gonna put a cat on you" outspoken interview
Providing insight on homelessness, political corruption, and the potential effects of gentrification, this urban noir tells the tough story of Magrady, a semi-homeless Vietnam veteran in Los Angeles. As he searches for a friend who has gone missing from Skid Row and who may be involved in a dangerous scheme, Magrady must deal with take-no-prisoners community organizers, an unflinching cop from his past, frequent flashbacks of war, an elderly sexpot, the drug culture, and the perils of chili cheese fries at midnight. A rollicking interview with the author wherein he discusses ghetto literature.
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http://schema.org/about
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204540
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1023707
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/835597355#Event/1900_1999
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/835597355#Place/los_angeles_calif
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/835597355#Topic/fiction_urban
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006905
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/835597355#Topic/fiction_general
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1165710
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101057
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1431664
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821764
- http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/2645286245
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113218
http://schema.org/description
- "Presents Gary Phillips' novella "The Underbelly" in which a semi-homeless Vietnam vet searches for a missing friend, and includes an interview with the author."
- "Providing insight on homelessness, political corruption, and the potential effects of gentrification, this urban noir tells the tough story of Magrady, a semi-homeless Vietnam veteran in Los Angeles. As he searches for a friend who has gone missing from Skid Row and who may be involved in a dangerous scheme, Magrady must deal with take-no-prisoners community organizers, an unflinching cop from his past, frequent flashbacks of war, an elderly sexpot, the drug culture, and the perils of chili cheese fries at midnight. A rollicking interview with the author wherein he discusses ghetto literature."@en
- "Providing insight on homelessness, political corruption, and the potential effects of gentrification, this urban noir tells the tough story of Magrady, a semi-homeless Vietnam veteran in Los Angeles. As he searches for a friend who has gone missing from Skid Row and who may be involved in a dangerous scheme, Magrady must deal with take-no-prisoners community organizers, an unflinching cop from his past, frequent flashbacks of war, an elderly sexpot, the drug culture, and the perils of chili cheese fries at midnight. A rollicking interview with the author wherein he discusses ghetto literature, politics, noir and the proletariat, and the unknown future of books, is also included."@en