A Numbered Street

<p>Iván is a shameless rascal and Max a nerd raised with conservative values. Their friendship solidifies amid the intrigues dangers discrimination injustices poverty and crime that define a neighborhood in Santo Domingo where ordinary people with extraordinary gifts survive with cunning and ingenuity.</p><p>They grow up amid ideological and practical confrontations discovering the influence of sexuality economic power politics and the dreams of emigrating to live the American dream in a working-class society marked by social class differences.</p><p>Iván and Max are joined by captivating characters who hope to find success through work luck magic or promises-sometimes risking their own lives. They all face authoritarianism poverty orphanhood unemployment and the lack of powerful patrons while discovering the importance of love and loyalty.</p><p>Set in the 1970s and 1980s <em>A Numbered Street</em> reveals untold details about the history of the Dominican Republic in an environment of conflicts that shaped an entire generation.</p>