Bøker av Ray Shell

Taking the form of a diary, Iced charts the life of forty-four-year-old Cornelius Washington. Initially brimming with talent and ambition, his dabbles with drugs gradually turn into a destructive addiction.Moving between the harsh realities of his present and the upheavals of his past, Iced is at once a shocking account of the addict's life, and a compelling and often uplifting tale of human love and loss.

In this harrowing debut, Shell mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying, mesmerizing world of Cornelius Washington, Jr., a 40-year-old crack addict trapped in a life that's dominated by drugs. "A powerhouse".--Maya Angelou.