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Title	:	Black Flies
Author	:	Shannon Burke
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 184 pages
Published	:	April 28th 2008 by Soft Skull Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Literature. Medical. Contemporary

Black Flies

Shannon Burke

Paperback | Pages: 184 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 755 Users | 135 Reviews

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Novelist Shannon Burke earned stunning reviews for his debut book, Safelight, and now he returns with the same minimalist intensity in this arresting follow-up. Black Flies is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid-'90s New York. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shoot-outs, the bad cops, unhinged medics, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's struggle to balance his desire to help against his own growing callousness. It is the story of lives that hang in the balance, and of a single job with a misdiagnosed newborn that sends Cross and his partner into a life-changing struggle between good and evil.

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Original Title:	Black Flies
ISBN:	1593761910 (ISBN13: 9781593761912)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ollie Cross
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States)

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Ratings: 3.72 From 755 Users | 135 Reviews

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Very tough read. A first year parametric in Harlem. What goes on in the streets, and how these paramedics are affected is frightening.

The Hook - The recommendation of a GR friend led me to this book. It is Shannon Burke's second novel. The subject of a rookie paramedic in Harlem piqued my interest. The Line "I worked in Harlem and the place had begun to annoy me:" this is the beginning of the opening line, the prologue, our prep so to speak. If you want to see, to learn, to understand what annoys Ollie Cross you'll have to read the book. The Sinker Now that's what I call different. Not at all what I was expecting. Black

Black Flies is a dark bleak ride-- so different than the lyricism of Burke's debut, Safelight: A Novel. The medics of this Harlem clan are burnt to a critical level. Fortunately, there are a few (very few) bright souls shining amidst the darkness. I became weary of the never-ending stream of carnage and gore, cruelty and callousness, all the while waiting for a plot to emerge. Although, I'm a medic in Miami-Dade, Burke's relentless parade of rotting bodies began to wear at me. I'm glad I carried

This is a very gritty and grisly book describing the paramedics who work on the ambulances in Harlem in New York City. The job is more than draining it corrodes the lives of most of these workers. They are faced with rescuing many patients who are at the dead-end of society drug addicts, homeless people, gang members Most of the public loathe them. Its a thankless job.The book is narrated from the first-person. The job and the people doing it are vividly described. Like most jobs there are

In Black Flies, Shannon Burke, a former paramedic in Harlem, one of New York Citys roughest neighborhoods, provides an honest portrait of a fledgling Harlem paramedic, Ollie Cross. I read the book in a little more than a day, and it was one of the best books Ive read in quite some time. However, if you have a weak stomach when it comes to vivid descriptions of gunshot wounds, decaying bodies, and other gruesome things a paramedic might encounter in a crime-ridden neighborhood, youll probably

While I don't think this was very well written, I think it was definitely a learning experience for me and I admired how it portrayed the life of a NYC paramedic in the 90s. Sometimes it's hard to come to terms with books when the good guys seem evil. I know the attitude shown in the book is still alive and well today in many first responders - the "why are we helping/saving this scum's life?" attitude. It's ugly, but I understand why it is.I also admire Burke's ability to write books of

Black Flies, by Shannon Burke, brings the reader into the everyday life of a EMT in the streets of Harlem. Although this is a book of fiction it gives off a feel of being auto-biographical, with all of the vivid imagery in every messed up scenario that the EMT's encounter.The story is told through the eyes of Oliver Cross who at the beginning of the book is a student who is trying to get into Med school but didn't pass his MCATs. Throughout the book Oliver grows as an EMT both is slowly loosing