Title: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
Subtitle: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
Description: On arriving at Yale, Jeff Hobbs became fast friends with the man who would be his roommate for four years. Robert Peace's life had been rough, living in poverty with his mother in 1980s Newark, his father in jail. But he was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier. It didn't. In an honest rendering of Robert's relationships in two fiercely insular worlds, Hobbs encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America.   (Bestseller)
Subjects: Alumni and alumnae, African American college graduates, Yale University, Working class African Americans, Drug dealers, Friends and associates, African Americans, Biography, Friendship, Universities and colleges, Schwarze, Stipendiat, Arbeiterkind, Drogenhandel, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2014-10-12, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Yale university, alumni and alumnae, African americans, biography, New jersey, biography, Working class, united states, College graduates, Slums, Large type books, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-12
Places: New Jersey
People: Robert Peace (1980-2011), Jeff Hobbs (1980-)