La Cruz y El Punal = the Cross and the Switchblade

'If you get any closer' Nicky said in a tortured voice 'I will kill you'. 'Would you do it?', I asked 'You can cut me in a thousand pieces and throw me in the street, but that will not change how I feel about you.' Some times they laughed at him, other times they threatened him. But one day there was a miracle..A couple of gang leaders knelt on the pavement ..asking for help... David Wilkerson tells the touching true story of his mission to the drug addict and the worst sinners. The author lives in New York. He talks about regeneration and rehabilitation to gangsters lost in their drugs. When you start reading 'The Cross and the Switchblade' you will not be able put the book down. You will live moments of fear, anguish, hurt and emotions that will take you from tragedy to happiness, from tears to joy with the authentic stories that we share.