{"product_id":"all-involved-a-novel-isbn-9780062378798","title":"All Involved: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as \u003cem\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gritty and cinematic work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eAll Involved\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eAll Involved\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as \u003cem\u003eThe Wire,\u003c\/em\u003e from a writer hailed as the West Coast’s Richard Price—a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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 the city exploded in violence. Fifty-three lives were lost. But there were even more deaths unaccounted for: murders that occurred outside active rioting sites, including some committed by those who used the chaos to viciously settle old scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gritty and cinematic work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eAll Involved\u003c\/em\u003e vividly re-creates this turbulent and terrifying time through seventeen interconnected first-person narratives. Focusing on a sliver of Los Angeles almost completely ignored by the media during the riots, Ryan Gattis paints a portrait of modern America itself—laying bare our history, our prejudices, and our complexities. Resonant with the voices of gang members, firefighters, graffiti kids, and nurses caught up in these extraordinary circumstances, \u003cem\u003eAll Involved \u003c\/em\u003eis a literary tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A symphonic, pitch-perfect, superlative novel....It swallowed me whole.”—David Mitchell, author of \u003cem\u003eCloud Atlas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heartbreaking portrait of a city tearing itself apart.”—Paula Hawkins, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Corrosive, timely, vividly realized scenes of urban warfare and thwarted dreams by a writer who clearly knows his subject.”—Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A monumental achievement.” —Dennis Lehane\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“ALL INVOLVED is a symphonic, pitch-perfect, superlative novel.  It is visceral and adrenalin-fuelled, yet tender and even darkly comic.  It is audacious, unflinching and subversive.  It doesn’t judge.  It swallowed me whole.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heartbreaking portrait of a city tearing itself apart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaula Hawkins, author of The  Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Corrosive, timely, vividly realized scenes of urban warfare and thwarted dreams by a writer who clearly knows his subject: the netherworld of Los Angeles in the early 1990’s.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAll Involved\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental achievement. Ryan Gattis takes the reader into the broken, outraged heart of Los Angeles during the ‘92 riots and doesn’t blink once at what he finds there.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a propulsive, sun-baked, blood-soaked read that captures one of the most turbulent times in recent Los Angeles history. It’s all the more remarkable an achievement considering Gattis...was barely in high school, in Colorado, at the time three LAPD officers who assaulted King were acquitted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterview Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In the end, this isn’t a story about the events of the L.A. riots...it’s about the city and its ability to rise from the ashes...Like the historical events it’s based on, this page-turner is horrific, heartrending, and-maybe-just a bit hopeful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An overwhelming and fully immersive performance from Gattis, who finds the humanity and poetry in the most inhumane of circumstances. A solid addition to all fiction collections, though not for the fainthearted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A high-octane speedball of a read: gritty, nerve-racking, sometimes excruciating in its violence and at the same time animated by a bone-deep understanding of its characters’ daily lives in a gang-ravaged neighborhood in Lynwood, South Central. . . . At its best, All Involved has the verbal ardor of a Richard Price novel, the pungent verisimilitude of Sanyika Shakur’s riveting 1993 memoir of gang life (Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member) and the choral energy of a Rashomon-style documentary. . . . It’s a snapshot of a city in chaos in the early ’90s that still has chilling resonance today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichiko Kakutani, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888786403557,"sku":"NP9780062378798","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062378798.jpg?v=1730229828","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/all-involved-a-novel-isbn-9780062378798","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}