In West Baltimore, in the 1980s, gangs and crack are the only horizon for the neighborhood's youth. Ta-Nehisi Coates is also doomed to follow this devastating path, but his father, Paul, a former Black Panther with a passion for literature, introduces him to Malcolm X and James Baldwin. It's a revelation. The dreamy teenager, lost in the escapades of an extraordinary family, swears to escape his destiny.

A lyrical epic with hip-hop accents driven by love and ambition, The Great Fight is the magnificent story of an awakening to the world, a formidable message of hope.

“A hard-hitting coming-of-age novel.” Les Inrocks

“A lucid, sharp pen steeped in reality.” RFI