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Death Around the Corner

by C-Murder · 2007

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The day the cops took his daddy away for murder, a new emotion gripped five-year-old Daquan Watson's heart - hate. It stays with him as he grows up in the The Calliope, New Orleans' most notorious, drug-infested housing project, where every brother is a soldier and every day is war.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisLouisianaLouisianaMore like thisLess of thisNew OrleansNew OrleansMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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