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02885aam a2200373 i 4500 001 D014CE9E141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 230526t20231993nyu e 000 f eng 010 $a 2023011227 020 $a 0063335182 020 $a 9780063335189 035 $a (OCoLC)1380464890 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d ON8 $d IUO $d OCLCO $d YDX $d CNCAR $d OCLCL $d ZQP $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3569.H39295 $b I25 2023 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20230526 100 1 $a Shell, Ray, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a Iced : $b a novel / $c Ray Shell. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, $c 2023. 300 $a 330 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "First published at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic thirty years ago, Ray Shell's "powerhouse" (Maya Angelou) of a novel is as timely and relevant today as it was in 1994. It is the story of Cornelius Washington, a young upper-middle-class Black man blessed with burning talent and ambition, who enjoys experimenting with drugs-a dangerous pastime that gradually becomes a destructive addiction. Now a middle-aged crackhead, Cornelius ponders his life and the choices that have led him here. Written as a series of immersive stream of consciousness diary entries, Iced captures the despair and dashed dreams of a man caught between the harsh realities of his present and the adventures and upheavals of his past-a youth marked by a host of characters both intriguing and terrifying. A complicated man both compelling and maddening, sympathetic and defiant, Cornelius tries desperately to break free from his addiction, a struggle that ends in defeat time and time again. Despite the thought loops that lead to his bad choices, this painfully realistic character elicits hope for his survival, even though he will likely meet a devastating end. Resonant and haunting, illuminating and heartbreaking, Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America, and the ways in which marginalized communities are targeted and ignored, left to suffer the consequences of policies made by powerful people ignorant and uncaring of their lives. It is a novel that transcends time, offering a glimpse of the past that is present in our lives today"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Originally published as ICED in England in 1993 by Random House, UK. 650 0 $a Men, Black $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Drug addiction $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Urban fiction. 655 7 $a Novels $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Urban fiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01750222 655 7 $a Urban fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000475 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517010355.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D014CE9E141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search