num_pages: 887
description: This is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude. They are friends and neighbors, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is black, their friendship is not simple. This is the story of their Brooklyn neighborhood before "gentrification." It is the story of 1970s America, when the simplest human decisions were laden with potential political, social, and racial disaster. And it's the story of 1990s America, when no one cared anymore. This is the story of belonging to a society that doesn't accept you. This is the story of prison and of college, of Brooklyn and Berkeley, of soul and rap, of murder and redemption.(back cover)
language: English
title: The Fortress of Solitude
titlecomplete: The Fortress of Solitude
characters: Robert Woolfolk, Mingus Rude, Dylan Ebdus, Barrett Rude Jr., Arthur Lomb
genres: Fiction, American, Coming Of Age, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, New York, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 23555
places: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Thorndike Press