Lower ninth /
Two men and a corpse are stranded on a roof after a terrible storm. E-Z is a rebellious young man brimming with anger. Malcolm is a reformed addict who has found strength through religion. Sharing the roof with them is the corpse of Lowboy -- a neighborhood gang member -- who drowned in the rising f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dramatists Play Service,
[2009]
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| Summary: | Two men and a corpse are stranded on a roof after a terrible storm. E-Z is a rebellious young man brimming with anger. Malcolm is a reformed addict who has found strength through religion. Sharing the roof with them is the corpse of Lowboy -- a neighborhood gang member -- who drowned in the rising flood waters surrounding the house. Over the course the two stultifying days in the sun, Malcolm and E-Z must battle heat, hunger, their pasts and each other... Ultimately Malcolm and E-Z discover their only salvation is through each other. LOWER NINTH is an exploration of faith, survival and mutual redemption. |
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| Physical Description: | 40 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0822223090 (pbk.) 9780822223092 (pbk.) |