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Honky is the first‑person memoir of Dalton Conley’s adolescence on New York’s Lower East Side. Growing up amid predominantly African American and Latino housing projects, the narrator portrays everyday city life—streets, buses, playgrounds—through a child’s eye. The book examines how race and class color the experiences of both the boy and his classmates, offering a micro‑scale reflection on broader social inequities. Conley’s recollections illuminate privilege, racial identity, education, and the challenges of inner‑city living, making the memoir a valuable case study of American urban society.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Dalton Conley
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