Southland

Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles.

—Winner of a 2004 American Library Association Stonewall Honor Award in Literature

—Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award

—Nominated for an Edgar Award

The plot line of Southland is the stuff of a James Ellroy or a Walter Mosley novel . . . But the climax fairly glows with the good-heartedness that Revoyr displays from the very first page. —Los Angeles Times

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