CITY KID: A WRITER'S MEMOIR OF GHETTO LIFE AND POST-SOUL SUCCESS
By: Nelson George
ISBN: 9780670020362
Traces the author's rise from a youth spent in Brooklyn's Brownsville housing project to a Grammy Award winner and two-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, in an account that describes his early family life, the pop culture that inspired his career, and his collaborations with such figures as Spike Lee and Chris Rock.
Product details
- Publisher : Viking Adult; First Edition (April 2, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0670020362
- ISBN-13 : 978-0670020362
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.76 x 1.05 x 8.58 inches