Marge B. (maum) reviewed on 8/24/2008

Helpful Score: 2

First time I have read this author and was pleasantly surprised. Read it because he was one of the writers for the HBO series The Wire which I finally started watching and then ended up liking. The book takes place in D.C. where I used to live and is about a guy who works for the Humane Society and I love animals. With all this going for it, I thought I'd give it a try. The thing I liked most of all was his ability to stay true to the characters especially with his dialogues. I think that's why I liked The Wire so much. Lorenzo Brown his main character is a young, black man, ex-con, trying to stay clean. He loves his job and all the animals whether they are mean, dirty, abused or unlovable. He comes across as a decent man trying to survive the hard streets of DC. Whether he accomplishes this you will have to read and decide for yourself.

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