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Black Flies AUTH-258451 seeks the Black Ruby thatA "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, starred review). Black Flies is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid '90s Harlem. It is a ground's eye view of life on the streets: the shootouts, the bad cops, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic's struggle to