Reception
Judith Wynne said that Third and Indiana had often been compared to Clockers. Wynne said that "Mr. Lopez's book doesn't match "Clockers' " panoramic scope or its intense preoccupation with the social forces that drive the illicit drug "executive" and his sales crew of street kids. (x Nevertheless, "Third and Indiana" packs a mean wallop on its own, more limited terms."
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