Savage City
by Donald Levin
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Pub Date Nov 19 2021 | Archive Date Feb 12 2022
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Description
Detroit. 1932. The fates of four people converge during a violent week of labor unrest in the bleakest year of the Great Depression. Detective Clarence Brown is one of a handful of Black officers in the Detroit Police Department, navigating a thicket of lies and racism to find the killer of a young Black man. Ben Rubin wants to move from petty crime into the ranks of Detroit’s notorious Purple Gang. Elizabeth Waters is a fiercely independent Communist sympathizer who has turned her back on her privileged Grosse Pointe upbringing to join the workers’ fight for a piece of the American dream. Roscoe Grissom is an unemployed auto worker enlisted by the fearsome Black Legion to sow terror as a night-riding emissary of hate.
Against the backdrop of the bloody Ford Hunger March, events hurl these four into the center of a political storm that will change them forever. Savage City spellbindingly captures a key inflection point in the creation of modern American life.
Advance Praise
"Layered, powerful, and sharp...in a word, brilliant."--The Prairies Book Review. "
Unique, action-packed, brilliantly written...the dialog is perfection."--Reader Views.
"This one will take you out of your comfort zone in a historically accurate snapshot of a dangerous time in Detroit...highly recommended!"--Amazon reviewer.
"Meticulously plotted...a wonderful book."--Amazon reviewer
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780997294187 |
| PRICE | $4.69 (USD) |
Links
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Featured Reviews
Lilian Astrid G, Reviewer
I tend to be skeptical, when a novel seems to consist of a collection of short stories or is being told from various characters' perspectives. However, Donald Levin, has made a good job of it, and I was intrigued from the very first moment, and interested in following all these cues and traces of people, whose destinies in the City of Detroit are connected and intertwined. I enjoyed the read.
Paul V, Reviewer
Levin seems to have "it" which I guess is talent. He's got great writing chops, and it shows here. I stayed engaged with this story, and like a couple of things that surprised me along the way. Recommended.
I really appreciate the free review copy for review!!
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