South by South Bronx

From AwardAnnals

“Powerful…. A redemptive and absorbing work.”-The New York Times Book Review, on Spidertown

“Scary, sexy, exuberant…. Rodriguez has seized a truth of our times…and given us a crackling good read.”-Los Angeles Times Book Review, on Spidertown

“Rodriguez uses the repetitiveness of life in the ghetto itself to make the tension and desperation of Spidertown achingly palpable.”-People, on Spidertown

“A joy to read! Rodriguez’s writing has never been more accomplished, more lyrical, more trenchant, or more humane. In these pages you will find marvels, but also a young man writing with the ferocity of life itself.”-Junot Díaz, on The Buddha Book