{"product_id":"the-rent-collectors-exploitation-murder-and-redemption-in-immigrant-la-hardcover","title":"The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant La - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesse Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the 2024 \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness. If its subtitle promises \"redemption,\" the book itself delivers something more honest: stories about people broken by powers larger than they are and who nonetheless find the will to fight on.\" \u003cb\u003e-- Ben Ehrenreich, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Katz has constructed a riveting and masterful urban narrative.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Lorraine Berry\u003ci\u003e, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA's most predatory gangs, the Columbia Lil Cycos--so desperate that he agrees to kill an undocumented Mexican street vendor. The vendor, Francisco Clemente, had been refusing to give in to the gang's shakedown demands. But Giovanni botches the hit, accidentally killing a newborn instead. The overlords who rule the Lil Cycos from a Supermax prison 1,000 miles away must be placated and Giovanni is lured across the border where, in turn, the gang botches his killing. And so, incredibly, Giovanni rises from the dead, determined to both seek redemption for his unforgivable crime and take down the gang who drove him to do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Rent Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e, Jesse Katz has built a teeth clenching and breathless narrative that explicates the difficult and proud lives of undocumented black market workers who are being extorted by the gangs and fined by the city of LA--in other words, exploited by two sets of rent collectors.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Katz is a former \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e magazine writer whose honors include the James Beard Foundation's M. F. K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, PEN Center USA's Literary Journalism Award, a National Magazine Award nomination, and two shared Pulitzer Prizes. His writing has appeared in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBest American Magazine Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Crime Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. As a volunteer with InsideOUT Writers, he has mentored incarcerated teenagers at Central Juvenile Hall and the former California Youth Authority. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite Field\u003c\/i\u003e, was set in LA's immigrant suburbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647660712133,"sku":"9781662601736","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/UKA2OJrpEq9781662601736.webp?v=1782970339","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-rent-collectors-exploitation-murder-and-redemption-in-immigrant-la-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}