Title: The Underbelly (Outspoken Authors)
Description: Providing insight on homelessness, political corruption, and the potential effects of gentrification, this urban noir tells the tough story of Magrady, a semi-homeless Vietnam veteran in Los Angeles. As he searches for a friend who has gone missing from Skid Row and who may be involved in a dangerous scheme, Magrady must deal with take-no-prisoners community organizers, an unflinching cop from his past, frequent flashbacks of war, an elderly sexpot, the drug culture, and the perils of chili cheese fries at midnight. A rollicking interview with the author wherein he discusses ghetto literature.
Subjects: Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, Interviews, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Fiction, Veterans, Missing persons, Investigation, American Authors, Urban