Like yourself, Stacy, I've only read The Concrete Maze.
Excellent piece of writing which I'm sure many on this list
would enjoy.
Al
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From: bookbitch
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:01 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Steven Torres
Has anyone read Steven Torres? I just read The
Concrete Maze, and I
really liked it. It's set in NYC and is about a
13-year-old Puerto
Rican girl who hooks up with a really bad guy,
and her father &
cousin try and get her back. It's very dark, and
I couldn't put it
down.
The author describes it as both noir and
hard-boiled, and I think
he's right. He even includes some "reading group
discussion
questions" in the back of the book in which he
asks for comparisons
to the classics in the genre.
I haven't read his other books so I don't know if
these are recurring
characters or not, but I'm definitely going to
look for more of his
books.
Cheers,
Stacy
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