The Resource Pleasantville, Attica Locke
Pleasantville, Attica Locke
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The item Pleasantville, Attica Locke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.
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- Summary
- It's 1996, Bill Clinton has just been re-elected and in Houston a mayoral election is looming. As usual the campaign focuses on Pleasantville - the African-American neighbourhood of the city that has swung almost every race since it was founded to house a growing black middle class in 1949. Axel Hathorne, former chief of police and the son of Pleasantville's founding father Sam Hathorne, was the clear favourite, all set to become Houston's first black mayor. But his lead is slipping thanks to a late entrant into the race - Sandy Wolcott, a defence attorney riding high on the success of a high-profile murder trial. And then, just as the competition intensifies, a girl goes missing, apparently while canvassing for Axel. And when her body is found, Axel's nephew is charged with her murder. Sam is determined that Jay Porter defends his grandson. And even though Jay is tired of wading through other people's problems, he suddenly finds himself trying his first murder case, a trial that threatens to blow the entire community wide open, and reveal the lengths that those with power are willing to go to hold onto it
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Note
- Paperback
- Isbn
- 9781781254097
- Label
- Pleasantville
- Title
- Pleasantville
- Statement of responsibility
- Attica Locke
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's 1996, Bill Clinton has just been re-elected and in Houston a mayoral election is looming. As usual the campaign focuses on Pleasantville - the African-American neighbourhood of the city that has swung almost every race since it was founded to house a growing black middle class in 1949. Axel Hathorne, former chief of police and the son of Pleasantville's founding father Sam Hathorne, was the clear favourite, all set to become Houston's first black mayor. But his lead is slipping thanks to a late entrant into the race - Sandy Wolcott, a defence attorney riding high on the success of a high-profile murder trial. And then, just as the competition intensifies, a girl goes missing, apparently while canvassing for Axel. And when her body is found, Axel's nephew is charged with her murder. Sam is determined that Jay Porter defends his grandson. And even though Jay is tired of wading through other people's problems, he suddenly finds himself trying his first murder case, a trial that threatens to blow the entire community wide open, and reveal the lengths that those with power are willing to go to hold onto it
- Biographical or historical data
- Attica Locke's first novel Black Water Rising was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Attica is also a screenwriter who has written for Paramount, Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, HBO and Dreamworks. Locke's most recent book, The Cutting Season, was published in 2013. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, with her husband and daughter.
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- Locke, Attica
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
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- General
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Pleasantville, Attica Locke
- Note
- Paperback
- Control code
- 9781781254097
- Dimensions
- 23x15x3 cm.
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781254097
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Pleasantville, Attica Locke
- Note
- Paperback
- Control code
- 9781781254097
- Dimensions
- 23x15x3 cm.
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781254097
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
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