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Scavenger : a mystery

Title

Scavenger : a mystery / Christopher Chambers.

Author

Chambers, Christopher, 1963-

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc D 20-427	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Description

344 pages; 21 cm

Summary

In the lively, but desperate world of D.C.'s underbelly, a Black homeless man must quickly learn the ropes of being a detective after a wealthy ex-government official sets him up to take the fall for a brutal crime he didn't commit.
Dickie Cornish lives in a homeless camp dotting the Smithsonian's Museum of National History, addled by the K2 and liquor he uses to blunt the pain of a harsh winter, the cruelty of Donald Trump's capital, and the enduring nightmares from his youth. He makes a few dollars a day scavenging the possessions of evicted tenants. After Dickie uncovers a treasure in the trash of a wealthy ex-Homeland Security Secretary, the man has a job for him: find a woman using the sub-level network of the streets and the underground world of undocumented immigrants. In return, Bracht promises Dickie a fresh, clean start at a new life. But the woman guards something Bracht will stop at nothing to retrieve-- and Dickie is being framed. -- adapted from back cover and Goodreads info

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Genre/Form

Call Number

Sc D 20-427

ISBN

LCCN

2020935933

OCLC

1201195744

Author

Chambers, Christopher, 1963- author.

Title

Scavenger : a mystery / Christopher Chambers.

Publisher

New York, NY : Three Rooms Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

Sc D 20-427