![]() ![]() Striving to belong, he altered his speech, style and attitude to reflect his surroundings and give him a sense of identity. Ide grew up in South Central Los Angeles, then an impoverished area ruled by gangs and street crime. IQ is joined by Dodson, a childhood friend completely opposite in personality, to whom he is bound by secrets from their past. ![]() Genius smart, self-taught in many disciplines and gifted in the art of problem-solving, he finds his calling as a local private investigator, taking on cases that the police can’t or won’t touch. Informed by Ide’s early life, the novel tells the story of Isaiah “IQ” Quintabe, a young black man who has been on his own in the tough area of East Long Beach, CA, since he was teenager. In a seven-way bidding war, Alcon Television Group and Atlas Entertainment have teamed to acquire the rights to Joe Ide’s upcoming debut novel IQ to develop as a drama series. ![]()
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