Black Flies
Author: Burke, Shannon
ISBN: 9780099535492
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
A searing, intense, hugely admired novel set amongst Harlem's ambulance crews: E.R. meets The Wire.
After failing to get into medical school, Ollie Cross takes a job as a paramedic in Harlem. Ashamed of his middle-class roots and eager to fit in, he adopts a tough-guy persona which carries him through the dark days on the streets- the shoot-outs, the bad cops, the unhinged medics and hopeless patients.
But the daily horrors begin to take their toll and, as his personal life starts to unravel, even Ollie can't tell who he is anymore.
Black Flies is a gripping and unforgettable novel about indelible experiences, friendship in extreme conditions, deterioration and redemption.
ISBN: 9780099535492
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
A searing, intense, hugely admired novel set amongst Harlem's ambulance crews: E.R. meets The Wire.
After failing to get into medical school, Ollie Cross takes a job as a paramedic in Harlem. Ashamed of his middle-class roots and eager to fit in, he adopts a tough-guy persona which carries him through the dark days on the streets- the shoot-outs, the bad cops, the unhinged medics and hopeless patients.
But the daily horrors begin to take their toll and, as his personal life starts to unravel, even Ollie can't tell who he is anymore.
Black Flies is a gripping and unforgettable novel about indelible experiences, friendship in extreme conditions, deterioration and redemption.
