The third book by Aaron Chapman, an expert on Vancouver history whose first two books were Liquor, Lust, and the Law (2012), about the city’s 80-year-old Penthouse Nightclub, and Live at the Commodore (2014), about the Commodore Ballroom (winner of the Bill Duthie Bookseller’s Choice Award).

Aaron’s new book, which takes place over the course of the year 1972, is a subject that he’s been interested in for years – the story of the Clark Park Gang in the early 1970s, a tough-as-nails gang of young men who congregated on Vancouver’s east side, known for their lumberjack jackets and their petty crime sprees. In comparison to today’s sophisticated, well-organized gangs, the Clark Parkers were a motley crew, but they were treated seriously by the Vancouver Police, especially in wake of various riots in the city. The police went so far as to go undercover to infiltrate the gang, culminating in the shooting death of a Clark Parker by a police officer.

In the wake of ongoing tensions between police departments and the general public, this book is an almost nostalgic look at a much more innocent time in the history of urban centers in North America.

© 2016 Arsenal Pulp Press (E-kirja): 9781551526720

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E-kirja: 21. marraskuuta 2016