G.O.D. by Saleem Little stretched the boundaries of Urban Fiction. Through the microcosm of inner-city New York, Little shined the spotlight on the ulterior motives of the "War on Drugs." 1986: Buffalo, NY: beginning of the crack era... Wally is the child of a mother who is strung out from freebasing crack cocaine, and his disdain for her state of deadness is only matched by the state of squalor in which they live. Dumare is the youngest son of a devout Five Percenter. As he learns profound life lessons from his father, Dumare is also consumed by the street life. The only thing peaceful about...