The Warriors

Name: The Warriors
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781788164337
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By Sol Yurick

Series: Serpent's Tail Classics

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The Warriors by Sol Yurick is a gripping tale set in New York City, tracing the perilous journey of a street gang trying to navigate its way home through hostile territories after being accused of a crime they didn't commit. As tensions escalate, the gang faces numerous challenges, showcasing the gritty, survivalist nature of urban life and gang culture. The story explores themes of loyalty, identity, and the struggle for dominance in an unforgiving cityscape.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy gritty urban tales exploring the struggles and survival instincts of gangs in a chaotic cityscape. The intense narrative dives deep into themes of loyalty, conflict, and the quest for identity amidst societal upheaval, offering a compelling peek into an underground world teetering on the edge.

The Warriors

The extraordinary novel that became the legendary cult movie.

The extraordinary novel that became the legendary cult movie

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It's a hot 4th of July night in New York City. In the darkness of the Bronx, thousands of boys have gathered from all across the city. Among them are the warriors of the Coney Island Dominators. Ismael Rivera, leader of the Delancey Thrones, has called an assembly of New York's disparate youth gangs. Why should they keep taking it from the Man when they could be the ones giving it to everyone else?

But when the assembly descends into violence, the Dominators are suddenly a very long way home from home. The Warriors follows the Dominators as they rape and murder their way back to Coney Island through the terrifying New York night.

First published in 1965, Sol Yurick's bleak and shocking novel is a brutal tale of young men left to raise themselves, and an urgent warning about the animal savagery that emerges from the torn fabric of human society.

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i>The Warriors by Sol Yurick is a novel that was initially seen as too radical, extreme, and violent, making it a challenging fit for the New York literary establishment of the 1960s. However, it captures the anguished spirit of the city during that era. Warren Miller praises it as an excellent achievement, even suggesting it surpasses Lord of The Flies in its impact.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788164337

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Edition: Main - Classic edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 183g

Pages: 224

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: Serpent's Tail Classics Sol Yurick

About the Author

Sol Yurick was born in 1925 in New York. The son of Jewish immigrants, Yurick grew up in a politically active working-class household. He enlisted in the Army during the Second World War, then studied literature before taking a job in New York City's welfare department, where he became familiar with the children of welfare families, many of whom belonged to youth gangs. This experience formed the basis for The Warriors, his first and best-known novel. He was a lifelong social activist and lived his whole life in New York; he died in Brooklyn in 2013.