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9780805094282 English 0805094288 In his early thirties, Abramovich is floundering. A journalist and creative writing teacher, he's the last hold out in the Queens neighborhood he and his friends colonized just out of college. It's almost on a whim that he reaches out to Trevor, his childhood nemesis, when a friend tracks him down online. The man he finds on the other end of his email is far more enlightened than the boy of his memories would have led him to expect. Trevor, now President of Oakland's East Bay Rats Motorcycle club, not only remembers Abramovich, he urges him to come out and visit. Intrigued by the world Trevor now inhabits-one of fight clubs and booze, truly tough men, and motorcycle rides at high speeds-and the crumbling city from which it sprung, Abramovich eventually moves out to Oakland to hang with the gang. This is a unique portrait of a city in crisis, an unlikely, unusual friendship, and the remarkable, surprising ways that the people we first encounter in life shape who we become., 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 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., 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., When literary critic Alex Abramovich learns that his high school bully has become the president of Oakland's notorious East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club, he decides to track him down. Trevor not only remembers Abramovich and their school yard altercations, he urges him to come out and visit. Intrigued by the world Trevor now inhabits-one of fight clubs and booze, truly tough men, and motorcycle rides at high speeds-and the crumbling city from which it sprung, Abramovich eventually moves out to Oakland to hang with the gang. This is the story of an unlikely, unusual friendship, and the remarkable, surprising ways that the people we first encounter in life shape who we become. It's also a unique portrait of a city in crisis, and an investigation into the origins and manifestations of male violence.
9780805094282 English 0805094288 In his early thirties, Abramovich is floundering. A journalist and creative writing teacher, he's the last hold out in the Queens neighborhood he and his friends colonized just out of college. It's almost on a whim that he reaches out to Trevor, his childhood nemesis, when a friend tracks him down online. The man he finds on the other end of his email is far more enlightened than the boy of his memories would have led him to expect. Trevor, now President of Oakland's East Bay Rats Motorcycle club, not only remembers Abramovich, he urges him to come out and visit. Intrigued by the world Trevor now inhabits-one of fight clubs and booze, truly tough men, and motorcycle rides at high speeds-and the crumbling city from which it sprung, Abramovich eventually moves out to Oakland to hang with the gang. This is a unique portrait of a city in crisis, an unlikely, unusual friendship, and the remarkable, surprising ways that the people we first encounter in life shape who we become., 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 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., 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., When literary critic Alex Abramovich learns that his high school bully has become the president of Oakland's notorious East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club, he decides to track him down. Trevor not only remembers Abramovich and their school yard altercations, he urges him to come out and visit. Intrigued by the world Trevor now inhabits-one of fight clubs and booze, truly tough men, and motorcycle rides at high speeds-and the crumbling city from which it sprung, Abramovich eventually moves out to Oakland to hang with the gang. This is the story of an unlikely, unusual friendship, and the remarkable, surprising ways that the people we first encounter in life shape who we become. It's also a unique portrait of a city in crisis, and an investigation into the origins and manifestations of male violence.