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Death Around the Corner

C-Murder

4.47 · Rating details · 204 ratings · 20 reviews

The day the cops took his daddy away for murder, a new emotion gripped five-year-old Daquan Watson's heart - hate. It stays with him as he grows up in the The Calliope, New Orleans' most notorious, drug-infested housing project, where every brother is a soldier and every day is war. ...more

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Published January 1st 2007 by Vibe

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Aug 07, 2012 Jeramie added it

Best book I ever read real shit n real life no one can tell it better then this man

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Dec 17, 2008 Alicia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, aa-fiction, 2007

I am not a fan of street-lit, worse yet I am not a big fan of rappers trying to act, much less writing. When I heard that C-Murder wrote a book- fiction no less, I rolled my eyes, hard. Then I happened to read an excerpt from the book in one issue of Vibe magazine and gasp! - It actually sounded good. Well written, grammatically correct, interesting. I was shocked and but still put off actually purchasing the book for a while. I mean any excerpt could sound good and be grammatically correct. Plu I am not a fan of street-lit, worse yet I am not a big fan of rappers trying to act, much less writing. When I heard that C-Murder wrote a book- fiction no less, I rolled my eyes, hard. Then I happened to read an excerpt from the book in one issue of Vibe magazine and gasp! - It actually sounded good. Well written, grammatically correct, interesting. I was shocked and but still put off actually purchasing the book for a while. I mean any excerpt could sound good and be grammatically correct. Plus I didn’t’ think I could handle the looks on my friends faces when I would tell them what I was reading. However, that excerpt was good, it has a solid 5 star amazon.com rating, and so eventually I broke down and bought the book and all I can say is WOW.

At times I wondered if there was a ghostwriter (nope- at the end he tells the story of how, when, why he wrote the book) besides I’m not sure anyone at Vibe could write this well. I’ll admit, I went into this book very skeptical, looking for mistakes and anything I could find and I didn’t find anything. This book has it all character development (great character development) a good, solid plot, a good style, a viable theme, great , realistic dialogue, all that other stuff from HS English. However, most importantly it has a ( realistic) story and a purpose. It's not just glorifying like some of the other street trash lit that is polluting the shelves.

Death around the Corner introduces us to Daquan. Born and bred in the Calliope (CP3), Daquan gets an early and real introduction to the streets. He continues on this path as one of the youngest and most respected hustlers in NOLA, until he finds his passion, in music. DATC follows Daquan as he tries to make this transition from the streets to the studio. It’s a coming of age story for a totally different set. We had Flyy Girl & Coldest Winter Ever, I believe DATC will slip on the shelves right between those two as the quintessential ‘hood coming of age story. It’s a book cross between Boyz in da hood an ATL (that’s the best I could do- its closer to Boyz in da hood, but updated and for a different part of the world- A southern Boyz in da hood!)

It was a pleasant surprised by this I truly enjoyed this book. C-Murder is very talented writer I am actually looking forward to future works by him.

http://www.deatharoundthecorner.com

Please note that this is an urban book. The language and the descriptions are very real and gritty. This book is not for the faint of heart. That being said- this book is not vulgar either- Just real. Real talk, real language (profanity, use of the n-word and the h-word, street slang), real vivid streets scenes ( drugs, sex ext.) if you listen to rap music or are from the streets, hood, inner-city or whatever you call it- you will not have any problems, otherwise be warned.This book would probably rated R.

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Dec 19, 2008 GLENISHA . rated it it was amazing

this book is about this lil boy goin to jail when he was young an he didnt get out into he was 11 years old an he had fuck this gurl an she gave him camedia an his dick was burnin an one day they had a basketball game an the gurl was there an he told all her bisness an told her that she had his dick burnin

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Jul 09, 2012 OOSA rated it it was amazing

It Ain't Enough To Be Good

In an instant, young Daquan Watson's world was turned upside down. One act of violence has shattered the family life he once knew. Now living with Grandma Mama in The Calliope Projects, Third Ward, a notorious, drug-infested housing projects, it's just a matter of time before the lure of the streets is too much to resist. With death around every corner, will Daquan escape?

And with that, DEATH AROUND THE CORNER heads off into a violent, complicated, gritty and fascinati ...more

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Jul 23, 2018 Josh Ruiz rated it it was amazing

I had really low expectations when I first picked up this book, but was thankfully blown away by how invested I got into the main character. This book is the tragic story that so many people live in today, it is about a young minority that is robbed of his mother and father at young age. It is a story of how the streets can lift you up one minute and swallow you the next. It is a story of friends and how they can be smiling in your face in one minute but stab you in the back the next. It is a st ...more

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Oct 03, 2016 Jay rated it it was amazing

Fantastic well written book. You can feel the characters emotions and can definitely put yourself in the actual story.

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Dec 06, 2012 Contel Bradford rated it it was amazing

I was easily the biggest No Limit slappy in my little circle of rap fans. Whenever Master P and the soldiers dropped a new album, which at one time seemed like once a month, I was at the record store picking it up. Being one of my favorite artists on “the Tank”, I was naturally pumped when I heard that C-Murder had written a book with the same name as 2Pac’s classic cut from the "Me Against the World" album.

Despite a high level of anticipation, I approached this book expecting to be disappointe ...more

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Jan 10, 2009 Eva Marie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: b-urban-fiction, celebs

Absolutely awesome! I had a feeling when I picked this up that it wouldn't be regular old urban fiction and I was right! I have no doubt in my mind and I just know that this isn't entirely fictional. I have no doubt that there really wass a Daquan and a Nut. I don't mean that in the sense that there are millions but that there was actually one Daquan and one Nut. Most of the others as well.
It's rare to get writing like this in the urban fiction genre- as sad as it is to say that, it's true. The ...more

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Mar 02, 2011 David Kimberly rated it liked it

The book was great for the first 75% but seemed to me like the author needed to end it. It felt like he used a little "deus ex macchina" to get it over with. I honestly say I liked it especially some of the NOLA references. There were some that turned my head like talking about having po boys at Cafe du Monde, but generally it was a fun read. ...more

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May 01, 2008 Abram Himelstein rated it liked it

Well-written, bad plot. Fake gangster shit, or real gangster shit. But mostly the same-old gangster stories. KId from broken home, hard enough to rise in the underground, becomes a semi-large thug. Could have been so much more interesting, but he took the easiest path to writing this.

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Apr 18, 2010 Divas Are Reading Divas Are Reading rated it it was amazing

This book is one of the best in Urban Lit. 20 out of 20 bookclub members luved this book. C-Murder is hot and when his next book drop best believe we gonna be reading that joint...holla

Diva long
Moderator of Diva's Are Reading In Boston. ...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Damon Johnson rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: to all the players and playettes

I really enjoyed this book. Sometimes I forgot C-Miller wrote this book. A good storyline. The characters was excellent. Corey Miller u did your thing. The grammar was stight New Orleans. I'm from Louisiana so I can related. In all I gave this book 4.5 stars. ...more

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Feb 17, 2013 Rachel rated it really liked it

Book is very well written. The fact that Daquan could see his dead sister from the moment his life was changed by his father's actions; foretold how his life would turnout. The many people that told him to change was another sign. Look forward to reading more from author. ...more

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Feb 13, 2008 Kianna rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: everyone

i never thought a c-murder book would be as interestin as it was it was off the chain!

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Apr 19, 2014 Joshua Castro rated it it was amazing

Shelves: death-around-the-corner

one of my favorite books that I owned!!!!!!

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May 29, 2014 Lefty added it

One of the most Realist books I read....this is a must read!

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Jan 11, 2012 Brandon rated it really liked it

Currently reading this one.So far it's on point ...more

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Feb 21, 2008 Micola rated it really liked it

Page turner!

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Aug 02, 2011 Stacey Blackburn Ousley rated it really liked it

I dont know why but i thought this book was very interesting. I think I am the only person that I know who read this. I remember The Source advertising the hell out of this book. Good read.

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