Brown girl in the ring /

A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hopkinson, Nalo
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Warner Books, 1998.
Subjects:	Inner cities > Fiction. Obeah (Cult) > Fiction. Future, The, in popular culture > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. Obi (Culte) > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Futur dans la culture populaire > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Future, The, in popular culture. Inner cities. Obeah (Cult) Ontario > Toronto. Science fiction. Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > Fiction. Fiction. eth > African Americans. nat > Americans.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description http://www.sff.net/people/nalo/

Description
Summary:	A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.
Physical Description:	250 pages ; 21 cm.
Awards:	"Winner of the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest"--Cover.
ISBN:	0446674338 9780446674331