Dodgers
“This audiobook encompasses believable dialogue, vivid writing, well-done plot twists, and a narrator who not only keeps pace but also takes the listener on a journey. And what a journey it is…Here’s hoping Beverly and Jackson team up again.”
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A BookPage Top Pick for April 2016
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for April 2016
A New York Times Editor’s Choice
A 2016 Booklist Top 10 Crime Novels of the Year Selection
Winner of the 2016 CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel
Winner of the 2016 CWA New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel
Longlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal for Literature
A 2017 Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee for Best First Novel
Nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Best Mystery/Thriller
It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—including East's hothead younger brother—to kill a key witness hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of a city he's never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him, ultimately forcing him to grapple with his place in the world and decide what kind of man he wants to become.
Written in stark and unforgettable prose and featuring an array of surprising and memorable characters rendered with empathy and wit, Dodgers heralds the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.
WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2017 FOR BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLDSBORO GOLD DAGGER 2016 FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER 2016 FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME NOVEL
WINNER OF THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD 2017 FOR DEBUT FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL 2017 FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION
NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD 2017 FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
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