The Horror of Cabrini Green

This is the story of the infamous Cabrini Green, Chicago's worst public housing project; of the hate generated by quick triggered white cops; and the gangs seeking revenge. In particular it the story of Bosco, who grew up in the slime of this monolithic project; and his friends Shorty, Red, Scooter, Lil Bug and others who made up their gang, The Demons. The dark, dank caverns of the Cabrini Green were traps to lure unsuspecting cops to there deaths. But the slaughter does not end there. Bosco sees his friends cut down one by one in an all out turf war with a rival gang, The Westsiders. He knows that his days in the Cabrini Green are numbered. You are invited to live in the hell of Cabrini Green with Bosco as a teenager; as a young man living in terror with little hope of escape. It is a story that Bruce C. Conn knows well. He has lived in Chicago all of his life, and as a teenager he lived in Cabrini Green. He has brought to this brillantly written  novel all the flustration and struggle, rage and viciousness he found there.