Street Poisoned: An Urban Fiction - The Struggle Between the Wisdom of the Past and the Frustration of the Present

By Le'Taxione

Cali is the product of an impaired home where the father is absent inthe home and the mother is drawn out of the home. He ventures out intothe streets of West Fresno to experience the relevance that he did notreceive in his interaction with his mother. He fi nds guidance and disciplinein his Big Homie, Oso who is killed, leaving Cali with the responsibility ofnurturing and advancing his set, the Diamond Boys.Cali draws on the principles and code of ethics taught to him by BibOso, but the introduction of crack cocaine into the hood threatens thecamaraderie of the Diamonds, forcing Cali to ban the sell of the destructivedrug to save the hood from its self destruction, all the while, advancinghis hidden agenda to control West Fresno. Calis ban on the sell of crackcauses confl ict, deception, disloyalty and a splitting of the hood.There can only be one Diamond set, with one goal, and that is to restructureand establish the Diamond Boys as a legitimate organization that advancesits interest within the political process. Anyone or anything that threatensthis goal must be eliminated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143274237X
• ISBN13: 9781432742379
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"