{"product_id":"violent-spring-deluxe-edition-isbn-9781641294393","title":"Violent Spring (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe mystery that launched Gary Phillips's career: Black private eye Ivan Monk investigates the murder of a Korean shop owner in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis reissued edition features an introduction by Walter Mosley.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1992, Los Angeles burned. In the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and subsequent riots, a ground-breaking ceremony at the infamous intersection of Florence and Normandie unearths the body of a Korean shop owner. Black private eye Ivan Monk searches for the killer—many suspect the motives for the murder were racial. But then another body turns up, and while the FBI and the Rolling Daltons—the largest gang in the city—dog Monk’s trail, Monk begins to question just how many people will be involved, and how many will die before he can find the truth.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003e \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003eBest Mystery Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the tradition of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op, Ivan Monk takes on a corrupt world . . . He makes us feel that the war he’s waging is for our own salvation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Walter Mosley, creator of the Easy Rawlins series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A landmark novel set during and after the 1992 L.A. riots.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A crime classic.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Plenty has changed in the past 30 years, but \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring \u003c\/i\u003estill rings true, and this noir vision still holds sway.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Steph Cha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Riveting . . . While the page-turner sharply critiques race relations, politics, and wealth in L.A. and the plot is suspenseful, Gary Phillips has also written something meaningful, just shy of a love note, about the city as it was and is experienced by its people.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the high points of the year for mystery fans.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A landmark hard-boiled.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Colette Bancroft\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e peels away the studded rind of the golden orange, exposing its bête noir core.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Mike Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Tough, smart, and unabashedly political. Monk is (to paraphrase basketball star Charles Barkley) a P.I. for the ’90s, and \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring \u003c\/i\u003eis Phillips’s perfect intro to him.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Gar Anthony Haywood, author of the Aaron Gunner mysteries\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“A welcome read . . . [with] intelligence, political sensibilities, and street smarts. Straight-to-the-point narrative.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Black Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Monk’s sense of absurdity and his perfectly emulsified blend of toughness and tenderness make him one of crime fiction’s most appealing heroes.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Wild, freewheeling L.A. noir.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gary Phillips knows Los Angeles and gives readers a realistic, gritty portrait of this city in turmoil through the eyes of his African American P.I.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e–The Armchair Detective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An interesting who-done-it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—African American Literature Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A  titillating murder mystery. Phillips keeps you riveted on each page . . . He  takes you down the front streets and in the back doors of our Los  Angeles.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTurning Point\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Phillips \u003c\/b\u003ehas published novels, comics, novellas, short stories and edited or co-edited several anthologies, including the Anthony-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Almost 30 years after its publication, his debut, \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He also was a story editor on \u003ci\u003eSnowfall\u003c\/i\u003e, an FX show about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central, where he grew up.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301411803365,"sku":"NP9781641294393","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781641294393.jpg?v=1767743474","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/violent-spring-deluxe-edition-isbn-9781641294393","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}