Bill Morris ~ Motor City Burning ~ SIGNED ~ 1st Edition / 1st Printing~Hardcover

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Signed
Yes
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Subject
Drama
Title/Series
Motor City
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
No
Personalize
No
Type
Novel
Era
2010s
Special Attributes
1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
Personalized
Yes
Features
Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9781605985732
EAN
9781605985732

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1605985732
ISBN-13
9781605985732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
171677254

Product Key Features

Book Title
MotorCity Burning
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, African American / General, Crime, Thrillers / General, African American / Historical, African American / Mystery & Detective, Sports
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Author
Bill Morris
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-295061
Reviews
Morris' rough and edgy writing brings the city alive. [An] incredible narrative. Motor City Burning does something important--it captures the feeling of being alive in a time and place so well you feel like you were there., The success of the story is the smooth confluence of familiar echoes washing up against the tensions of the time, all reverberating with a street-level sense of pressure., A wonderfully atmospheric novel that captures time and place, an illumination of a pivotal point in history. Bill Morris is an exceptionally gifted and savvy writer. The comparison to Graham Greene is fully merited., A jarring, challenging book that breaks a lot of rules from a writer already excitingly and powerfully in command of his craft., A sharp critique of the contemporary American post-racial narrative. Morris does an especially lovely job of elevating the ordinary., A gripping tale and a meditation on race, class, and justice set during the year the country was rocked by the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. Motor City Burning is Morris' third novel, and it may be his best. If there's any justice, it should bring him the attention and the audience he deserves., Real and beautifully complicated. By undermining these easy ideas about identity and inheritance, Morris asks us to look directly in the warped glass of time at our faces, and to enumerate the scars., Detroit would surely rise again if that battered city could only wake up to find itself in 1968, reliving opening day at Tiger Stadium. In Motor City Burning, Bill Morris extends that promise of rebirth and redemption to Willie Bledsoe., Ajarring, challenging book that breaks a lot of rules from a writeralready excitingly and powerfully in command of his craft., Switching between Bledsoe and Doyle's perspectives allows for a crackling pace, and Mr. Morris clearly loves the nooks and crannies of his hometown the way George Pelecanos loves Washington., A wonderfully atmospheric novel that captures time and place, an illumination of a pivotal point in history.  Bill Morris is an exceptionally gifted and savvy writer.  The comparison to Graham Greene is fully merited., Morris sees something heroic in these well-matched adversaries, both representative of a city the author loves and salutes.  And of course, its great ball club., I really enjoyed Motor City Burning! It's such a deftly drawn character study that also doesn't scrimp on plot and big themes, like justice, purity of aims, and loyalty., Morris uses historical figures and events, as well as a uniquely American city, as a backdrop for an intense cat-and-mouse game., Morris eloquently captures the Detroit of 1968, a city shaped by the auto industry, ravaged by violence, and rejuvenated by Motown, in this outstanding crime novel. Morris adeptly evokes time and place, displaying a profound passion for Detroit and astute insight into the era's fraught climate. Characters represent a cross-section of the city's population, adding nuance to this tale of a young black man seeking his voice, a cop pursuing justice, and a country searching for a way forward., Morris sees something heroic in these well-matched adversaries, both representative of a city the author loves and salutes. And of course, its great ball club.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of Motor City, 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, only in his twenties, is totally burned out. After leaving behind a snug berth at Tuskegee Institute to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Detroit to try to change the world, Willie quickly grows disenchanted and returns home to Alabama to try to come to grips about his time in the cultural whirlwind. But the surprise return of his Vietnam veteran brother in the spring of 1967 gives him a chance to drive a load of stolen guns back up to the Motor City, which would give him enough money to jump-start his dream of moving to New York. There, on the opening day of the 1968 baseball season--postponed two days in deference to the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.--Willie learns some terrifying news: the Detroit police are still investigating the last unsolved murder from the bloody, apocalyptic race riot of the previous summer, and a Detroit cop named Frank Doyle will not rest until the case is solved. And Willie is his prime suspect. Bill Morris' rich and thrilling new novel sets Doyle's hunt against the tumultuous history of one of America's most fascinating cities, as Doyle and Willie struggle with disillusionment, revenge, and forgiveness--and the realization that justice is rarely attainable, and rarely just., 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 - 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 - postponed two days in deference to the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 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 - and with the realization that justice is rarely attainable, and rarely just.
LC Classification Number
PS3563.O873975M67

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