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'A tense and intriguing murder mystery. Scott-Heron creates a fascinating portrait of late 60s New York.' Mojo
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First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee - telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why?
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Why would anybody read an obscure 1970 novel written by an influential but not enormously popular African American musician? It is a fair question. The answer is that I am a huge Gil Scott Heron fan; I have loved his music for over 20 years and it was my love of his music that led me to the Vulture.
This is a better book than I had feared - Gil Scott Heron writes well and creates a complex and interesting story that held my attention throughout. However, it is very much of its time: some of the dialogue feels very dated and his sensibilities are very firmly rooted in the politics and issues of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
It is an enjoyable read and interesting for fans of Gil Scott Heron because of the additional insight it gives into the man.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Realism and Fantasy in a hip, hip book
29 Jan 1998
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A very accomplished first novel which the author wrote while still at college. Four distinct narratives bound up with a murder in an area of New York full of racial, class, political and generation tense. Buy a copy wherever you can as it is out of print and will become a classic. watch this space. Nolan the Bookee
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