Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A Fine Later printing that has a minor dent to the lower front board, housed in a Nearly Fine dust-jacket with some edgewear.

In this novel, set in the early 1990s, a young, idealistic lawyer, newly arrived in Baltimore, is caught up in the crack epidemic and the city's struggle against gangs and drugs. As the city falls apart, he starts to question his beliefs and finds his ideals challenged in ways he never imagined.; 8vo; 376 pages.