Last of a dying breed
By: Akbar Pray
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Brick City Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomfield, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780989764407
Subjects: City and town life; Fiction; Urban fiction
Notes: "Before you, a story of urban love, criminal genius, unbridled ambition, and the ruthless pursuit of power, with a cast of characters one will not easily forget. Omar Grey, a child raised into a dope-infested, impoverished environment, but determined by any means necessary to lift himself and his family from the muck and mire in which they live. Funky Slim, a Shakespearian, Edgar Allan Poe, Kipling-quoting dope fiend, who would find in the fertile mind of young Omar a child with a rapacious appetite for learning and a near photographic mind. Mitch, Omar's uncle, the breadwinner in Omar's drug dealing family and the only father and role model he has ever known. Mary, the biracial beauty who at the tender age of 14, with the body of a woman but the mind of a child, finds the easy money and allure of prostitution a temptation she cannot resist. Insightful social commentary, Machiavellian twist, heartbreaks and betrayal ... Last of a Dying Breed has it all."--Cover