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Web of the City (originally published as Rumble) is the first novel written by American author Harlan Ellison. The novel follows the story of Rusty Santoro, a teenage member of the fictional Cougars street gang in the 1950s Brooklyn, New York.
Web of the City was originally published in 1958, and is Ellison's first published novel, follows the tale of a seventeen-year-old who drops out of a gang and finds himself targeted by its members. Things get worse when a rumble with another fight ends in a personal tragedy, leading to revenge.
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Appearing here for the first time together with three thematically related short stories Ellison wrote for the pulp magazines of the 1950s, Web of the City offers both a snapshot of a lost era and a portrait of violence and grief as timely as today's most brutal headlines.
Sep 16, 2022 · Web of the city. by. Ellison, Harlan. Publication date. 2013. Topics. Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. Publisher. London : Edgeworks Abbey in association with Hard Case Crime.
Jun 1, 2008 · Web of the City. Harlan Ellison. Edgeworks Abbey, Jun 1, 2008 - American fiction - 174 pages. Harlan Ellison was awarded an honorary degree from UCLA for the excellence of his imaginative...
Jul 7, 2015 · Web of The City is the real West Side Story without the singing and the dancing. Puerto Rican Rusty Santoro tries to leave his gang, the Cougars, and finds it's harder than getting off the AARP mailing list.
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Appearing here for the first time together with three thematically related short stories Ellison wrote for the pulp magazines of the 1950s, Web of the City offers both a snapshot of a...
