# Black Flies

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- Book: [Black Flies](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-burke/black-flies) ([Black Flies.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-burke/black-flies.md))
- Authors: [Shannon Burke](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-burke)
- Publisher: soft_skull
- ISBN: 978-15-9376-191-2
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2008-04-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A “raw and fascinating” novel based on the author’s experiences as a New York City paramedic during the crack epidemic—” Burke is a poet of trauma” (Publishers Weekly,...