false 2432074 2 <div>Novelist Shannon Burke earned stunning reviews for his debut book, <i>Safelight</i>, and now he returns with the same minimalist intensity in this arresting follow-up. <i>Black Flies</i> is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid-'90s New York. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shoot-outs, the bad cops, unhinged medics, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's struggle to balance his desire to help against his own growing callousness. It is the story of lives that hang in the balance, and of a single job with a misdiagnosed newborn that sends Cross and his partner into a life-changing struggle between good and evil.</div> 2439262 21 5 2008 Black Flies: A Novel total:281|5:48|4:123|3:78|2:28|1:4| 281 1026 543 85 5 2 false false Wed Aug 20 18:34:06 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 18:36:45 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 06:05:19 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 09:21:51 -0700 2008 Black Flies, Shannon Burke, a former paramedic in Harlem, one of New York City's roughest neighborhoods, provides an honest portrait of a fledgling Harlem paramedic, Ollie Cross. I read the book in a little more than a day, and it was one of the best books I've read in quite some time. However, i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:48:10 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:55:32 -0700 2008
I loved this book for its honesty and realistic accounts of what a paramedic goes through in Harlem. Their job is so very very important, yet in this book he is neve...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 10:15:50 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 10:15:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:04:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:09:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 21:51:05 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:57:34 -0700 2009
The characters & the sense of place are clear...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 09:27:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:34:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:34:29 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 21:08:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:25:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:19:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 10:29:27 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:35:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 15:17:59 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 09 15:14:55 -0700 2009 Black Flies author Shannon Burke, a former paramedic who worked in Harlem, gives an honest and grim portrait of what Harlem paramedics encounter on a daily basis. It is a dark novel filled with disturbing events of death, gunshot victims, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 04:17:01 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 08:29:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 07:45:52 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 15:57:46 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 08:09:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:40:20 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:09:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:27:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 12:05:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 22:52:15 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 23:02:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:18:21 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:38:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:11:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:12:45 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 19:09:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:06:16 -0800 2009
my edition was in serious need of a text editor. ]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:11:53 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:14:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2432074