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Description of  The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

1662601735 epub "For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness. If its subtitle promises redemption, the book itself delivers something more honest: stories about people broken by powers larger than they are and who nonetheless find the will to fight on." Ben Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review "Katz has constructed a riveting and masterful urban narrative." Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times "A searing account of gang violence and its consequences...Macedo's grim story, expertly documented by Katz, cries for a documentary series to follow his fortunes as, after years in prison, he strives for redemption. A masterful work of true crimeand, to be sure, true punishment." Read more