The Dirty South Wheatle, Alex

A hard-hitting look at black-on-black violence in contemporary London - an english Spike Lee.

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Set in Brixton, 20 years after the race riots, this book follows the adventures of Bricky teenager Dennis Huggins as he drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta - or drug dealer - and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is, the struggle for love is harder still.Set in Brixton, 20 years after the race riots, this book follows the adventures of Bricky teenager Dennis Huggins as he drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta - or drug dealer - and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is, the struggle for love is harder still.

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"Often brutal but always compassionate--a galvanizing piece of work by someone who obviously knows these mean streets." (Starred review.) 10/01/2008

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