David’s Reviews > The School on 103rd Street: A Novel > Status Update

2/24 the break in is the tensest I’ve been reading in a while; this really is a forerunner to Peele’s Us. Also the way he describes time passing (p1 and 137 especially) is so righteously angry; it’s all about viewing it through the lens of actions/movements of systems oppressing (including the Santa Ana winds) and how eagerly the people of Watts accept it. Cont

2/21/24 p114
Carter had stocked the bar the way conservationists stock a lake with trout. There was Johnnie Walker Red, Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel's, imported Nebbiolo Cinzano, Jamaican rum, Tia Maria liqueur, crème de cacao, and Beefeater's gin. He bought a generous supply of Seagram's V.O., Courvoisier cognac, Canadian Club whiskey, Akadama red wine, and several cases of Miller High Life.

2/19 p47