The All Saints (Box Set)
Mei
- Bundle
- Includes
- The
- All
- Saints
- Part
- I
- &
- II
- and
- Cherry
- Smack
- (Part
- III)The
- All
- Saints
- (Part
- I)
The
- first
- of
- the
- three-part
- All
- Saints
- series
- introduces
- Jimmy,
- a
- kid
- with
- a
- whole
- lot
- of
- problems.
- Adulthood
- glitters
- on
- a
- distant
- horizon,
- beyond
- the
- bored
- gazes
- of
- distracted
- parents
- and
- teachers,
- and
- the
- blood,
- dust
- and
- taunts
- of
- the
- playground.
- But
- perhaps
- freedom
- isn’t
- out
- of
- reach,
- after
- all.
- When
- Jimmy
- changes
- schools
- he
- encounters
- a
- pack
- of
- boys
- who
- seem
- to
- be
- everything
- he
- isn’t;
- strong,
- fearless,
- and
- just
- as
- untouchable
- as
- the
- adults
- in
- their
- exclusive
- mystical
- universe.
- More
- than
- anything,
- Jimmy
- longs
- to
- belong.
- Surrounded
- by
- petty
- crims,
- racists,
- bullies
- and
- the
- broken
- dreams
- of
- every
- generation
- before
- him,
- true
- friendship
- is
- a
- rare
- commodity.
- Jimmy
- might
- prove
- himself
- worthy,
- but
- the
- relentless
- weight
- of
- survival
- could
- test
- even
- the
- strongest
- loyalties.The
- All
- Saints
- (Part
- II)School
- is
- out
- and
- Jimmy
- is
- finally
- free.
- In
- book
- two
- of
- the
- three-part
- All
- Saints
- series,
- we
- find
- our
- young
- hero
- flipping
- burgers
- in
- a
- grease
- joint.
- But
- for
- all
- the
- cow
- guts
- and
- blow
- flies,
- life
- has
- never
- been
- sweeter.
- He’s
- in
- a
- band,
- meeting
- girls
- and
- generally
- doing
- everything
- he
- can
- to
- abuse
- the
- freedoms
- of
- adulthood,
- without
- being
- encumbered
- by
- its
- responsibilities.
Of
- course,
- every
- story
- needs
- a
- bad
- guy.
- When
- rival
- band
- De-Funkt
- hit
- the
- scene
- with
- their
- bullish
- front
- man
- Kane
- and
- his
- new
- wave
- electro,
- Jimmy
- is
- determined
- to
- show
- them—and
- Kane’s
- girlfriend,
- Anna—what
- real
- music
- sounds
- like.Cherry
- Smack
- (Part
- III)Life
- is
- short.
- Jimmy’s
- life
- may
- prove
- shorter.
- His
- gang
- mates
- have
- grown
- up
- and
- shipped
- out,
- and
- the
- nine
- to
- five
- is
- grinding
- Jimmy
- into
- a
- person
- he
- no
- longer
- recognizes.
- There
- has
- to
- be
- more
- to
- existence
- than
- waking
- up
- every
- Saturday
- with
- a
- half-eaten
- kebab
- and
- empty
- wallet.
- The
- wide
- blue
- skies
- of
- America
- sing
- a
- siren’s
- song,
- and
- Jimmy
- decides
- he’s
- ready
- to
- give
- life
- a
- do-over—even
- if
- it
- means
- leaving
- his
- childhood
- sweetheart
- Kelly
- behind.
- But
- Harlem
- has
- chewed
- up
- many
- a
- finer
- man,
- and
- drugs,
- power
- and
- money
- are
- fickle
- friends.
- If
- he
- survives
- the
- looming
- shit
- storm,
- Jimmy
- might
- just
- learn
- that
- the
- answers
- he
- seeks
- are
- waiting
- to
- be
- found
- in
- the
- most
- unexpected places
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