
Bangers
2003
First Published
3.45
Average Rating
304
Number of Pages
Detective Sergeant Rafael "Saint" Santian, a member of TRASH, an elite team of street cops determined to rid the streets crime, goes up against The Crazy Nines, a ruthless gang terrorizing the streets of Venice Heights, and a corrupt Assistant D.A. who, determined to destroy TRASH, is turning cop against cop. Original. 20,000 first printing.
Avg Rating
3.45
Number of Ratings
38
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
16%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Gary Phillips
Author · 17 books
GARY PHILLIPS has been a community activist, labor organizer and delivered dog cages. He’s published various novels, comics, short stories and edited several anthologies including South Central Noir and the Anthony award-winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir. Violent Spring, first published in 1994 was named in 2020 one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He was also a writer/co-producer on FX’s Snowfall (streaming on Hulu), about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central where he grew up. Recent novels include One-Shot Harry and Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem. He lives with his family in the wilds of Los Angeles.