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Black Flies (Paperback)

by Shannon Burke (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harvill Secker (6 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846552834
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846552830
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 306,684 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Shannon Burke earned stunning reviews for his debut novel, "Safelight", and now he returns with the same minimalist intensity in this arresting follow-up. "Black Flies" is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid-1990s Harlem. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shoot-outs, the bad cops, unhinged medics, and hopeless patients, the dark humour in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's fight to balance his instinct to help against the growing callousness within him that witnessing daily horrors seems to encourage. It is the story of lives that hang in the balance, and of a single job with a misdiagnosed newborn that sends Cross and his long-serving partner into a life-changing struggle between good and evil. A gripping and unforgettable novel about a young man's indelible experiences, "Black Flies" describes the passing of the torch from the older to the younger man, friendship in extreme conditions, deterioration, despair, and then redemption.


About the Author

Shannon Burke is a novelist and screenwriter, and has worked as a paramedic in Harlem. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and worrying at times, 24 Jun 2009
By J. R. Daniell "Avid Reader" (London) - See all my reviews
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The author worked as a paramedic in Harlem and at times you wonder how true to life this book is. It really draws you into the story, and although there are medical terms and procedures mentioned it does not ruin the book at all.
It is based around a team of paramedics and the incidents they see, and how they deal with life after seeing so much life, death and daily horrors. How being a paramedic can ruin relationships, unhinge people and how mentally strong you have to be. How people treat paramedics when they are helping them, I felt it was very insightful and actually works alot better than I thought it would when I first read the back cover.
This is a little gem of a story, that is pretty gritty as well.
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