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Average rating4.3
For six days, Los Angeles is a city ablaze. For six days, seventeen people are caught in the chaos. For six days, Los Angeles shows the world what happens when laws are no longer enforceable. In April 1992, less than two hours after one of the most notorious, racially charged trials in American history, Los Angeles explodes in violence. As widespread rioting breaks out and martial law takes over, one man's death triggers an astonishing sequence of events - not just for the gangs involved, but for others too: fire-fighters, graffiti artists, nurses and law enforcement, all of whom are connected by this murder and entangled in the city's mayhem. Through these voices, All Involved weaves a brutal epic of crime and opportunity, revenge and survival.
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Easy five stars for this modern crime classic. Set on the fringes of the 1992 LA riots, it's the story of Latino gangs using the city meltdown and the desperate overstretching of enforcement agencies to settle their own scores. It's told as a series of vignettes over six days, each focusing on a particular character. These characters then appear in each other's stories, giving rise to a polyphonic evocation of just how utterly messed up gang culture is. This is thrilling, visceral, graphic stuff, a sledgehammer of a book that kept me turning the pages quicker and quicker.