All Involved (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062378798)

A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast's Richard Price--a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty, set in the chaotic streets of South Central L.A. in the wake of one of the most notorious and incendiary trials of the 1990s

At 3:15 p.m. on April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted three white Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with using excessive force to subdue a black man named Rodney King, and failed to reach a verdict on the same charges involving a fourth officer. Less than two hours later, the city exploded in violence that lasted six days. In nearly 121 hours, fifty-three lives were lost. But there were even more deaths unaccounted for: violence that occurred outside of active rioting sites by those who used the chaos to viciously settle old scores.

A gritty and cinematic work of fiction, All Involved vividly re-creates this turbulent and terrifying time, set in a sliver of Los Angeles largely ignored by the media during the riots. Ryan Gattis tells seventeen interconnected first-person narratives that paint a portrait of modern America itself--laying bare our history, our prejudices, and our complexities. With characters that capture the voices of gang members, firefighters, graffiti kids, and nurses caught up in these extraordinary circumstances, All Involved is a literary tour de force that catapults this edgy writer into the ranks of such legendary talents as Dennis Lehane and George V. Higgins.

Author: Ryan Gattis
ISBN-10: 0062378791
ISBN-13: 9780062378798
Publisher: Ecco Press
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2015
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Award: Alex Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2014 pg. 64
Library Journal 02/15/2015 pg. 87
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2015
New Yorker (The) 05/11/2015 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 06/21/2015 pg. 19
Library Journal 11/15/2014