{"product_id":"dodgers-bill-beverly","title":"Dodgers, Bill Beverly","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the British Book Award for Best Crime \u0026amp; Thriller Novel 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the LA Times Book Prize 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the British Book Award for Overall Book of the Year 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlised for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is - quite simply - one of the best books I've read in a VERY long time' Don Winslow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the best literary crime novels you will read in your lifetime Donald Ray Pollock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen East, a low-level lookout for a Los Angeles drug organisation, loses his watch house in a police raid, his boss recruits him for a very different job: a road trip - straight down the middle of white, rural America - to assassinate a judge in Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving no choice, East and a crew of untested boys - including his trigger-happy younger brother, Ty - leave the only home they ve ever known in a nondescript blue van, with a roll of cash, a map and a gun they shouldn t have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the country surprises East. The blood on his hands isn t the blood he expects. And he reaches places where only he can decide which way to go - or which person to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of The Wire and in the spirit of Scott Smith s A Simple Plan and Richard Price s Clockers, Dodgers is itself something entirely original: a gripping literary crime novel with a compact cast whose intimate story opens up to become a reflection on the nature of belonging and reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Told in precise, economical prose, Bill Beverly's debut novel Dodgers is well worth the read' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A road movie, a coming-of-age tale, a crime novel of gritty realism and a hugely impressive debut' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Violent, insightful and beautifully written' Metro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intense, dangerous debut' Express\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Exposes the real fears and deep sadness of teenagers who grow up in a world of poverty, drugs and violence' Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Exit Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60504150966606,"sku":"9781843447788","price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9781843447788.jpg?v=1787485024","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/dodgers-bill-beverly","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}