From the critically acclaimed author ofÂ Motor City,Â Detroit comes alive in a powerful and thrilling novel set amidst the chaos of the race riots and the serenity of Opening

Motor City Burning

From the critically acclaimed author ofÂ Motor City,Â Detroit comes alive in a powerful and thrilling novel set amidst the chaos of the race riots and the serenity of Opening Day.
Willie Bledsoe, once an idealistic young black activist, is now a burnt-out case. After leaving a snug berth at Tuskegee Institute to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he has become bitterly disillusioned with the civil rights movement and its leaders. He returns home to Alabama to try to write a memoir about his time in the cultural whirlwind, but the words fail to come.

The surprise return of his Vietnam veteran brother in the spring of 1967 gives Willie a chance to drive a load of smuggled guns to the Motor City â€“ and make enough money to jump-start his stalled dream of writing his movement memoir. There, at Tiger Stadium on Opening Day of the 1968 baseball season â€“ postponed two days in deference to the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. â€“ Willie learns some terrifying news: the Detroit police are still investigating the last unsolved murder from the bloody, apocalyptic riot of the previous summer, and a white cop named Frank Doyle will not rest until the case is solved. And Willie is his prime suspect.

Bill Morris's rich and thrilling new novel sets Doyle's hunt amid the history of one of America's most tortured and fascinating cities, as Doyle and Willie struggle with Detroit's deep racial divide, with revenge and forgiveness â€“ and with the realization that justice is rarely attainable, and rarely just.
Country USA
Brand Pegasus Crime
Manufacturer Pegasus Crime
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1
ReleaseDate 2015-08-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781605988436

Country	USA
Brand	Pegasus Crime
Manufacturer	Pegasus Crime
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1
ReleaseDate	2015-08-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781605988436

Motor City Burning

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