The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant La

'For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness. If its subtitle promises 'redemption,' the book itself delivers something more honest: stories about people broken by powers larger than they are and who nonetheless find the will to fight on.' -- Ben Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review 'Katz has constructed a riveting and masterful urban narrative.' --Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times 'A searing account of gang violence and its consequences...Macedo's grim story, expertly documented by Katz, cries for a documentary series to follow his fortunes as, after years in prison, he strives for redemption. A masterful work of true crime--and, to be sure, true punishment.'--Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) Baby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA's most predatory gangs, the Columbia Lil Cycos--so desperate that he agrees to kill an undocumented Mexican street vendor. The vendor, Francisco Clemente, had been refusing to