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001    ocn923017503 
003    OCoLC 
005    20160308040042.0 
008    151006s2016    nyua          000 0beng   
010      2015026132 
020    9780805094282|q(hardback) 
020    0805094288|q(hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)923017503 
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050 00 F869.O2|bA23 2016 
082 00 979.4/660530922|aB|223 
084    BIO026000|aBIO024000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Abramovich, Alex,|d1972- 
245 10 Bullies :|ba friendship /|cAlex Abramovich. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHenry Holt and Company,|c2016. 
300    209 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Describes how the author forged an unlikely friendship 
       with his childhood bully, a motorcycle club president who 
       invited the author to immerse himself in his world of 
       fight clubs, heavy drinking, and Oakland street beat-
       downs. 
520 2  "The powerful account of one writer's unlikely friendship 
       with his childhood bully, now the president of a 
       motorcycle club in one of America's most dangerous cities.
       Once upon a time, Alex Abramovich and Trevor Latham were 
       mortal enemies: miniature outlaws in a Long Island 
       elementary school, perpetually at each other's throats. 
       Then they lost track of each other. Decades later, when 
       they met again, Abramovich was a writer and Latham had 
       become president of the East Bay Rats, a motorcycle club 
       in Oakland. In 2010, Abramovich moved to California to 
       immerse himself in Latham's world--one of fight clubs, 
       booze-filled nights, and beat-downs on the city's streets.
       But dangerous, dysfunctional Oakland was also becoming one
       of America's most rapidly gentrifying cities, and the 
       questions Abramovich had arrived with were thrown into 
       brutal relief: How do we live with the burden of violence?
       How do we overcome it? Do we overcome it? As Trevor, the 
       Rats, and the city they live in careen between crises and 
       moments of renaissance, Abramovich explores issues of 
       friendship, family, history, and destiny--and looks at 
       what happens when those things fail. Bullies is at once a 
       vivid, visceral narrative of an unusual friendship and an 
       incisive portrait of a beautiful, terrible city"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Abramovich, Alex,|d1972-|xFriends and associates. 
600 10 Latham, Trevor. 
600 10 Abramovich, Alex,|d1972-|xChildhood and youth. 
650  0 Male friendship|zCalifornia|zOakland. 
650  0 Authors, American|zCalifornia|zOakland|vBiography. 
650  0 Motorcyclists|zCalifornia|zOakland|vBiography. 
650  0 Bullying|zNew York (State)|zLong Island. 
650  0 Violence|xPsychological aspects. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xPersonal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xCriminals & Outlaws.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Oakland (Calif.)|vBiography. 
651  0 Oakland (Calif.)|xSocial conditions|y21st century. 
994    92|bCKE