"N.L.
Belardes weaves the fog of humanness into a novel of boyhood
decay." -Tony Blanche
Based on the 'Lords of Bakersfield' news stories of the late
1970s and early 1980s, Lords: Part One is the
most controversial work of fiction to ever come out of the Southern
San Joaquin Valley. It’s a story of media and high-profile
corruption in a conservative city close to the Hollywood storm.
For those who remember such a time, this story will sink its
teeth into readers, just as that great dust storm of 1977 tore
into the valley, spitting its own aliens onto Great Central
Valley streets already taken over by unseen powers of the most
corrupt kind…(book in print)
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