"The Vulture" Gil Scott-Heron (1970)




Just who did kill John Lee and why?

Digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, The Vulture is a hip and moving thriller. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee – telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen.

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Title: The Vulture
Authors: Gil Scott-Heron
Publisher: World Publishing
Year: 1970
Pages: 244
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