Name: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
ISBN: 9781476731902

Jeff Hobbs

Presents the life of Robert Peace, an African American who became a brillant biochemistry student at Yale University, but after graduation lived as drug dealer and was brutally murdered at the age of thirty.

A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Traces a young man's effort to escape the dangers of the streets and his own nature after graduating from Yale, describing his youth in violent 1980s Newark, efforts to navigate two fiercely insular worlds and life-ending drug deals. 75,000 first printing.

Jowanza Joseph

I have a hard time imaging that I'll read a better story this year. I can't say much without spoilers bit I think everyone should read this book and gain the insights it has to offer.

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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

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