{"product_id":"the-system-9781250800367","title":"The System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gripping, meticulously researched, and smartly plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend.\" \u003cb\u003e--Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eInto the Water \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating, moving, and so very, very real. It grabbed me by the heart and mind from page one and never let me go.\" \u003cb\u003e--Marcia Clark, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Final Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called \"one of our most gifted novelists.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother's house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing--before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut only one of them is guilty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA search of Wizard and Dreamer's premises uncovers the gun that was used in the shooting, and a warrant goes out for their arrest. They know it's a frame-up, but the word from the gang is to keep their mouths shut and face the charges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith these two off the streets and headed for jail, Dreamer's friend Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given one job: discover how the gun got moved, and why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlayed out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's \u003ci\u003eThe System \u003c\/i\u003eis the harrowing story of a crime--from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks--told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250800367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432","brand":"Ryan Gattis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334364962997,"sku":"9781250800367","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c388af7e-c511-4f53-9fa0-9a6c914564b0.jpg?v=1636432279","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-system-9781250800367","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}