Spidertown
Abraham Rodriguez, JR.. Penguin Books, $11.95 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-14-023838-9
An impressive first novel about a drug dealer's struggle to escape a dead-end life in the South Bronx. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/29/1994
Genre: Fiction
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