Black Flies AUTH-258451 The ordinary

The ordinary

A beef between these two powerful criminal factions could turn the city into a war zone

Paul Vanderman could be at any normal high school where bullies

seeks the Black Ruby that legend claims will bring peace to the troubled land

Anyone can dogmatize

Black Flies AUTH-258451 The ordinaryA "raw and fascinating" novel based on the author's experiences as a New York City paramedic during the crack epidemic "Burke is a poet of trauma" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Black Flies is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid '90s Harlem. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shootouts, the bad cops, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's struggle to