{"product_id":"night-train-to-sugar-hill-paperback","title":"Night Train to Sugar Hill - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIceberg Slim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJustin Gifford\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1980s Los Angeles. The crack epidemic has hit hard. Innocent and damned alike fall victim to the artificial allure of the drug -- a teenager accidentally overdoses, junkies smoke crack laced with cyanide, a gang member is shot down in the streets, a mother is murdered by her alcoholic husband, and a major drug dealer is killed by an ordinary man fed up with the drug game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on L.A.'s meanest, toughest streets and never published until now, \u003cem\u003eNight Train to Sugar Hill\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Iceberg Slim's two final novels. It is his most personal work of political fiction, an epic tragedy where no one escapes from the deadly orbit of the drug crisis and the police repression that follows. Baptiste O'Leary, an old ex-con who is Slim's alter ego, calls for political action against the militarized police raiding black communities and greater compassion for those caught in the drug's web, like his own daughter Opal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIceberg Slim's novels have never been easily digestible, but they have always been true. \u003cem\u003eNight Train to Sugar Hill \u003c\/em\u003eis no exception, offering us Slim's end-of-life vision, with him looking back over his abusive childhood, his career as a criminal, and his later years as a family man. Set against the backdrop of an America where its so-called dream is more of a nightmare and its underclass is deliberately preyed upon, \u003cem\u003eNight Train\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately a hybrid novel, a mix of hardcore crime fiction, mysticism, L.A. noir, literary naturalism, and street literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312887427174,"sku":"9781940625294","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NVpoS2lRdjY1YlJRajhObXR5WkdFdz09.webp?v=1767916245","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/night-train-to-sugar-hill-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}