New York: Morrow, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel of life in the gritty side of South Central Los Angeles - of gang wars, drug-peddling and sudden death, and also of the struggle for integrity and self-respect. The dust jacket includes comments from such diverse writers as Henry Gates, Jr. , Whitney Otto, Jess Mowry and Susan Straight, among others. SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-688-04560x.