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A Detroit Riot Novel
Wheatmark, Inc.
June 2011
On Sale: June 15, 2011
Featuring: Jake Malone; Theo Semple
242 pages
ISBN: 1604945850
EAN: 9781604945850
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Zug Island: A Detroit Riot Novel tells a Huck
Finn-meets-heavy-industry tale about a suburban white kid
who gets a crash course in race relations. Set in 1967
against a backdrop of industrial blight and urban decay, the
book follows Jake Malone and Theo Semple as they stumble in
and out of rhythm on Detroit's mean streets to discover that
the face of racism comes in every shade of color. After getting kicked out of college, Jake needs to find work
in Detroit's frozen rust belt. Armed with a shovel and a
keen sense of self-preservation, he enters the dark reaches
of Zug Island and must prove his worth, not only to himself
but to everyone around him. He is befriended on the job by
Theo; their friendship grows until put to the test outside
the well-defined boundaries of the coke ovens. There they
find that racial discrimination, enshrined behind Detroit's
segregated suburban neighborhoods for decades, is alive and
well. Then one sweltering, early Sunday morning, an aggressive
Detroit police squad puts into motion a raid on a "blind
pig" that ignites the heart of the city, setting old hatreds
ablaze, leaving much of the town in ruins and suburbia
witness to its worst fears. Hell has come to town.
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