Freedomland
by Price, Richard
In 1998, Richard Price returned to the gritty urban landscape of his national bestseller Clockers to produce Freedomland, a searing and unforgettable novel about a hijacked car, a missing child, and an embattled neighborhood polarized by racism, distrust, and accusation. Freedomland hit bestseller lists from coast to coast, including those of the Boston Globe, USA Today and Los Angeles Times; garnered universally rave reviews; and was selected as the Grand Prize Winner of the Imus American Book Award and as a New York Times Notable Book. On May 11, this highly lauded bestseller is available in paperback for the first time. A white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was asleep in the back seat, and he has now disappeared into the night.So begins Richard Price's electrifying new novel, a tale set on the same turf--Dempsey, New Jersey--as Clockers. Assigned to investigate the case of Brenda Martin's missing child is detective Lorenzo Council, a local son of the very housing project targeted as the scene of the crime. Under a white-hot media glare, Lorenzo launches an all-out search for the abducted boy, even as he quietly explores a different possibility: Does Brenda Martin know a lot more about her son's disappearance than she's admitting?Right behind Lorenzo is Jesse Haus, an ambitious young reporter from the city's evening paper. Almost immediately, Jesse suspects Brenda of hiding something. Relentlessly, she works her way into the distraught mother's fragile world, befriending her even as she looks for the chance to break the biggest story of her career.As the search for the alleged carjacker intensifies, so does the simmering racial tension between Dempsey and its mostly white neighbor, Gannon. And when the Gannon police arrest a black man from Dempsey and declare him a suspect, the animosity between the two cities threatens to boil over into violence. With the media swarming and the mood turning increasingly ugly, Lorenzo must take desperate measures to get to the bottom of Brenda Martin's story.At once a suspenseful mystery and a brilliant portrait of two cities locked in a death-grip of explosive rage, Freedomland reveals the heart of the urban American experience--dislocated, furious, yearning--as never before. Richard Price has created a vibrant, gut-wrenching masterpiece whose images will remain long after the final, devastating pages.From the Paperback edition.
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NY: Knopf, 1990. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy of part one. 166pp. Pages tanned, else very good. Photographer Ralph Gibson's copy with his ex libris stamp on title page and inscribed by Price thus: For/ magic Ralph/ in friendship/ Richard Price.
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Freedomland [Signed First Printing, with signed galley proof]
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Broadway Books, 1998-05-11. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. First Printing with full number line, flat-signed by Richard Price, with a BONUS Bound Galley proof copy, also flat-signed by the author. Both in very good condition, showing only very minor edge-wear. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. From a private collection. Due to the combined size/weight… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Broadway Books, 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 546 pages. Another terrific novel by Price, in which he examines some of the same racial tensions that he did with his book "Clockers." The basis for a movie with Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Freedomland - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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New York: Broadway Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0767900243 . A very nice first edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, minute shades of use, SIGNED by author Richard Price on the title page; Richard Price's Freedomland opens as a bruised and bloodied white woman stumbles into an… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1998 Broadway Books FIRST edition, 2nd printing **SIGNED** on the title page. A great copy in F/F condition with no wear at all. Price is one of the great American novelists writing today and Brenboosk carries all of his FIRST editions, several signed!
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New York:: Broadway Books,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "A bruised and bloodied white woman stumbles into an inner-city emergency room, and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man" - and her son was asleep in the back seat, and is now gone. Basis… Read more about this item Item Price
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Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by Price on title page a few weeks after publication: '6-1-98 To Gail with thanks Richard Price.' A very good hardcover first edition (stated, with complete number line) in jacket. Thriller involving carjackers; set in the same New Jersey of 'Clockers'. Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dell. Very Good-. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. 0440226449 . 14 oz.; 721 pages; Vg- PB read once aged light shelf wear. A white woman, her hands gashed and bloody, stumbles into an inner-city emergency room and announces that she has just been carjacked by a black man. But then comes the horrifying twist: Her young son was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Freedomland
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Broadway Books, 1998-05-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6x2x10. Signed by Author. Signed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Light creasing on rear endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases & water damage on rear flap. Dust jacket in a mylar… Read more about this item Item Price
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Broadway Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition. SIGNED BY RICHARD PRICE ON THE TITLE PAGE. Hardcover. 546 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Award winning author of "Clockers" returns to the fictional North Jersey city of Dempsey with is suspense novel of a carjacking, a missing child and a mother who may know more that she's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Stated First Edition w/ complete number line. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has edgewear, shelfwear, bumped corners, and rubbing. Book has edgewear, toning to pages, and scattered smudges on the pages. Item Price
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Freedomland
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Freedomland - 1st UK Edition/1st Impression
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London: Bloomsbury. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0747539812 . A beautiful first UK edition, first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dustwrapper; Richard Price's Freedomland opens as a bruised and bloodied white woman stumbles into an emergency room, claiming that a black man stole her car with her four-year-old son… Read more about this item Item Price
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Freedomland
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New York: Broadway Books, 1998. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 546 pages, 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Broadway Books, (1998). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Signed in full by the author on the title page.<br/><br/> Item Price
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Freedomland
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Dell, 1999. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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FREEDOMLAND
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NY: Delta - Dell, 2005. 1st printing, Dec. 2005. Trade-sized. Photo cover. 1/2" tear at lower front cpver edge;tmild tanning; minor creasing.. Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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