false 198992 4 "When I first started going to New Haven," writes William Finnegan, "I was taken on a tour of the city's neighborhoods by two black residents. Their conversation reminded me of others I've heard--in countries suffering from chronic guerrilla war." <p> <I>Cold New World</I> depicts the lives of American teenagers and young adults, struggling to hang onto what little they've got. They are part of a growing underclass whose lives have become saturated with drugs and violence. Whether he's talking to an African American drug dealer who plies his trade in the shadow of Yale or a young woman caught up in the feud between two rival skinhead gangs in the northernmost suburbs of Los Angeles, Finnegan brings his subjects to life on the page with a compassion that doesn't undermine any of his bluntness about their desperate conditions. You may not like what <I>Cold New World</I> has to say about the state of the nation, but it's a book that you ignore at your peril. 192502 1998 Cold New World: Growing Up in Harder Country (Modern Library Paperbacks) total:44|5:14|4:19|3:9|2:2|1:0| 44 177 69 3 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 10:14:29 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:54:57 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:14:29 -0700 2009 3 5 0 false false Sun Aug 10 13:34:03 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 17:57:05 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Apr 26 10:52:39 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 20:30:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 13:04:55 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:04:55 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 04 07:33:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:33:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 14:56:28 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 17:31:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 14:56:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 14:42:59 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 14:42:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 13:09:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:09:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 22:29:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 22:29:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 06:00:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:00:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 07:21:58 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 08:50:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 13 14:57:11 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 14:57:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 08:15:34 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:15:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 13 10:30:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:30:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 20:30:10 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 20:30:10 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 09:15:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:15:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 14:56:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:56:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 26 22:16:26 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 22:16:26 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 06 08:29:07 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 14 17:45:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 12:29:30 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 12:29:32 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2426358