Ryan Gattis

A propulsive and ambitious novel as electrifying as The Wire, from a writer hailed as the West Coast's Richard Price—a mesmerizing epic of crime and opportunity, race, revenge, and loyalty, set in the chaotic streets of South Central L.A. in the wake of one of the most notorious and incendiary trials of the 1990s At 3:15 p.m. on April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted three white Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with using excessive force to subdue a black man named Rodney King, and failed to reach a verdict on the same charges involving a fourth officer. Less than two hours later, the city exploded in violence that lasted six days. In nearly 121 hours, fifty-three lives were lost. But there were even more deaths unaccounted for: violence that occurred outside of active rioting sites by those who used the chaos to viciously settle old scores. A gritty and cinematic work of fiction, All Involved vividly re-creates this turbulent and terrifying time, set in a sliver of Los Angeles largely ignored by the media during the riots. Ryan Gattis tells seventeen interconnected first-person narratives that paint a portrait of modern America itself—laying bare our history, our prejudices, and our complexities. With characters that capture the voices of gang members, firefighters, graffiti kids, and nurses caught up in these extraordinary circumstances, All Involved is a literary tour de force that catapults this edgy writer into the ranks of such legendary talents as Dennis Lehane and George V. Higgins.

A Novel

All Involved

"A thriller about a reformed gangbanger working as a safe cracker for the DEA"--

Safe

Follows a young man as he enters the strange and exciting world of high octane sports in the inner city of Baltimore.

An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called “one of our most gifted novelists.” On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother’s house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing—before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters. But only one of them is guilty. A search of Wizard and Dreamer’s premises uncovers the gun that was used in the shooting, and a warrant goes out for their arrest. They know it’s a frame-up, but the word from the gang is to keep their mouths shut and face the charges. With these two off the streets and headed for jail, Dreamer’s friend Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given one job: discover how the gun got moved, and why. Played out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's The System is the harrowing story of a crime—from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks—told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.

The System

Giorni di fuoco

Kung Fu High School

Life at hellish "Kung Fu" High School is narrated by Jen B. who, along with her brother, Cue, belongs to one of two gangs still standing against the puppet principal and the tyrant drug kingpin.

In den Straßen die Wut

Na tarde de 29 de abril de 1992, um júri absolveu dois policiais brancos do Departamento de Polícia de Los Angeles acusados de usarem força excessiva para controlar um civil negro chamado Rodney King. Menos de duas horas depois, a cidade explodiu em violência, e o caos durou seis dias. Em aproximadamente 121 horas, sessenta pessoas morreram. Mas muitas mortes não foram contabilizadas: fora da zona principal de protestos, algumas gangues se aproveitaram dos tumultos para acertar as próprias contas. Inspirado nesse momento e narrado do ponto de vista de dezessete personagens, o romance de Ryan Gattis apaga as fronteiras entre vítimas e criminosos e transforma a história dos protestos em uma vívida e eletrizante obra de ficção. Uma narrativa ambiciosa e arrebatadora, um épico sobre crime e oportunismo, vingança e lealdade.

Todos envolvidos

Winner of the First Annual McIntyre’s Fine Books Mystery Prize “Safe is a propulsive thriller that confirms Ryan Gattis as one of our most gifted novelists.” —Michael Connelly, author of The Wrong Side of Goodbye Ryan Gattis' gritty, fast-paced thriller, Safe, hurtles readers toward a shocking conclusion that asks the toughest question of all: how far would you go to protect the ones you love? Ricky ‘Ghost’ Mendoza, Jr. is trying to be good. In recovery and working as a freelance safecracker for the DEA, the FBI, and any other government agency willing to pay him, Ghost is determined to live clean for the rest of his days. And maybe he could, if the most important person in his life hadn’t gotten into serious financial trouble. To fix it, all Ghost has to do is crack a safe and steal drug money from under the noses of the gangs and the Feds without getting caught. Or killed. Rudy ‘Glasses’ Reyes runs drugs and cleans up messes for the baddest of bad men. When Ghost hits one of his safes, Glasses must hunt him down or be held accountable. But Glasses is worried about more than just money. The heist puts everything in his life at risk—his livelihood, his freedom, even his family.

Jen B's been surviving at the nightmarishly brutal MLK High School just like everybody else: by following the rules. She avoids the Principal. She doesn't complain. She's loyal to her MLK 'family'. And, like 99.5% of the student body, she knows one form or another of martial arts. When Jen's world-famous Kung-Fu champion of a cousin Jimmy Chang turns up, everyone wants a piece of him - including Ridley, resident drug lord and leader of the school's most violent gang. They all want to see the legendary martial-arts master defend himself during the school's merciless initiation ritual. Except that Jimmy's made a promise never to fight again - a promise that soon leads to the murder of Jen's brother and a bloody final battle that engulfs the entire school. Fast-paced, gritty and addictive, Kung Fu by Ryan Gattis is an extreme journey into high-school violence and the American Dream that feeds it.

Kung Fu

“Gripping, meticulously researched, and smartly plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend.” —Paula Hawkins, author of Into the Water “Fascinating, moving, and so very, very real. It grabbed me by the heart and mind from page one and never let me go.” —Marcia Clark, author of The Final Judgment An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called “one of our most gifted novelists.” On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother’s house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing—before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters. But only one of them is guilty. A search of Wizard and Dreamer’s premises uncovers the gun that was used in the shooting, and a warrant goes out for their arrest. They know it’s a frame-up, but the word from the gang is to keep their mouths shut and face the charges. With these two off the streets and headed for jail, Dreamer’s friend Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given one job: discover how the gun got moved, and why. Played out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's The System is the harrowing story of a crime—from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks—told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.

Los Ángeles, 1992, primer día de los disturbios. La muerte de un hombre inocente a manos de una pandilla callejera cuando vuelve de su trabajo dispara una sorprendente reacción en cadena que se extiende con violencia. Doscientos años para construir la ciudad. Seis días para destrozarla. Impactante, ambiciosa, descarnada y cinematográfica: esta epopeya brutal sobre la delincuencia, la raza, la venganza y la lealtad recrea los días turbulentos que sucedieron a la absolución de tres policías blancos acusados de agredir a un hombre negro, Rodney King. A través del relato en primera persona de diecisiete personajes, Ryan Gattis teje un certero retrato de la América moderna: su historia, sus prejuicios y sus complejidades. Con Todos involucrados, considerada «una lectura adictiva de alto voltaje» según The New York Times, y cuyos derechos televisivos ha comprado HBO (Los Soprano, The Wire y True Detective), Gattis se erige como una de las voces más incisivas del panorama actual estadounidense.

Los seis días que incendiaron Los Ángeles

Todos involucrados

Příběhy odehrávající se uprostřed nepokojů, které se rozpoutaly v Los Angeles v důsledku jednoho z nejznámějších a nejbouřlivějších soudních procesů devadesátých let. Dne 29. dubna 1992 ve čtvrt na čtyři odpoledne zprostil soud viny tři strážníky losangeleské policie, kteří byli obviněni z použití nepřiměřeného násilí při zneškodňování černocha jménem Rodney King. Dvě hodiny poté vypukly ve městě nepokoje, které nakonec trvaly šest dní. Během 121 hodin přišlo o život čtyřicet tři lidí. Mrtvých však nepochybně bylo víc: k násilí docházelo i mimo místa výtržností, když mnozí využili nastalého chaosu k vyřizování starých účtů. Odvážná a filmově laděná kniha oživuje bouřlivé a děsivé období v Los Angeles, kterého si tehdy média příliš nevšímala. Ryan Gattis přináší sedmnáct navzájem propojených příběhů, vyprávěných v první osobě, které dohromady vykreslují portrét moderní Ameriky. Gattisovy postavy promlouvají hlasy členů gangů, dětí ulice, zdravotních sester nebo hasičů, kteří se dostali do krizové situace, a katapultují tohoto nekompromisního spisovatele mezi takové legendy, jako je George V. Higgins nebo Dennis Lehane. ----- Kniha Šest dní hněvu je symfonický, skvěle vygradovaný, vynikající román. Odvážný, neohrožený a podvratný. Nesoudí. Dostal mě. - David Mitchell, spisovatel Sžíravý, skvěle načasovaný, barvitě vykreslený obraz městské války a zmařených snů od autora, který přesně ví, o čem píše: o losangeleském podsvětí začátku devadesátých let. - Joyce Carol Oatesová, spisovatelka Gattis dokázal příběhy svých postav rozšířit do velkého kaleidoskopického portrétu „města andělů“, zmítaného rasovými a třídními konflikty i napětím mezi policií a civilisty. - New York Times

Ryan Gattis

About

Books

Join the club