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Black Water Rising

Black Water Rising - Paperback

by Attica Locke
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Availability:In StockContributor:Attica LockeSeries:Jay Porter #1Publish date:2010-04-20Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Amistad PressISBN-13:9780061735851ISBN-10:006173585XUPC:9780061735851Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Thrillers, African American & BlackBook Topic:Suspense, Mystery & DetectiveAward:2010 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:7.96 x 5.58 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SC63HXG1D9

Attica Locke--a writer and producer of FOX's Empire--delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)

"A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke is] a writer wise beyond her years."
-- Los Angeles Times

"Atmospheric... deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling."
-- New York Times

--James Ellroy, author of American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential
Language:EnglishPublisher:Amistad PressISBN-13:9780061735851ISBN-10:006173585XUPC:9780061735851Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Thrillers, African American & BlackBook Topic:Suspense, Mystery & DetectiveAward:2010 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:7.96 x 5.58 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SC63HXG1D9
Locke, Attica: -

Attica Locke is the author of Black Water Rising, which was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the UK's Orange Prize, and also the national bestseller The Cutting Season, which won an Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. She is a producer and writer on the Fox drama Empire. She is on the board of directors for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, where she lives.

Publisher: Amistad Press

Awards

🏆 2010 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee - Fiction Award

Edition

Harper Perennia Edition

Contributor(s)

Attica Locke

Author

Attica Locke

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