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Aug 28, 1982 · A fairly quick read since it is a short book of just 152 pages. Told in the first person, there is a good deal of humor and interesting insight into the character of Carlito Brigante. The film Carlito's Way is mostly adapted from Torres' follow up novel After Hours, but the film uses first-person narration in the same vein as this first book.
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Jan 1, 1993 · In this classic New York street novel, Carlito Brigante, Puerto Rican hustler and drug dealer, recounts with intoxicating bravado and humor his journey through Spanish Harlem s no-exit world of gangs, drugs, pimping, and the Mob. Carlito s Way , and its sequel After Hours, were adapted for film by Brian de Palma, with Al Pacino as Carlito.
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Jan 1, 2002 · Carlito's Way and After Hours (Film Ink) Paperback – January 1, 2002. These two streetwise novels bring you the story of Carlito Brigante: Puerto Rican, hustler, drug dealer, and survivor. Carlito’s Way follows him through Spanish Harlem’s no–exit world of gangs, drugs, pimping, and the Mob, from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
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Sep 19, 2005 · Overview. This powerful, gritty, and vivid novel is the unforgettable story of Carlito Brigante, a Harlem drug dealer in the 1960s, and his rise to the top. Drug dealer, thief, and murdered, Carlito Brigante was once just another Spanish Harlem street punk with a poor boy's dream of flash and fast money — but as he gets older he determines ...
Dec 1, 2007 · Carlito's Way. : Edwin Torres. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, Dec 1, 2007 - Fiction - 208 pages. The unforgettable novel—and the basis for the feature film—about Carlito Brigante, a Harlem drug dealer in the 1960s, and his rise to the top. Carlito Brigante is just another Spanish Harlem street punk with a poor boy’s dream of flash and fast ...
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. Edwin Torres. Black Cat, 2005 - Fiction - 196 pages. This powerful, gritty, and vivid novel is the unforgettable story of Carlito Brigante, a Harlem drug dealer in the 1960s, and his rise to the top. Drug dealer, thief, and murdered, Carlito Brigante was once just another Spanish Harlem street punk with a poor boy ...
He published Carlito’s Way in 1975 and two novels followed, After Hours and Q & A; with the completion of Carlito’s Way, all three will have been made into films. Edwin Torres is a Justice with the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Publisher: Grove Atlantic. Published: December 2007. ISBN: 9781555847500.
