The Vulture
Canongate Books · Paperback · July 9, 2010
First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller.
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- Who it’s for
- A lean, streetwise thriller turns a teenage boy’s murder into a question of memory and motive.
- Genres
- Black Mystery, Black Urban Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mystery
- Published
- Canongate Books, July 9, 2010
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First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee - telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why?
Streetwise Suspense
A lean, streetwise thriller turns a teenage boy’s murder into a question of memory and motive.
Come here for
- Street rhythms and a fast-moving murder mystery
- A story told through four voices
Expect
- Four accounts of a boy remembered as an ordinary kid
- A brisk mystery rooted in the rhythms of street life
Where it sits
| Hard-Boiled Mystery | 62% |
|---|---|
| Black Mystery | 58% |
| Black Urban Fiction | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
- Authors
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Published
- July 9, 2010
- Format
- Paperback