by Attica Locke · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846689499
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«Pleasantville» is the legal suspense novel by Attica Locke, published by Serpent's Tail in paperback (432 pages, in English).
In 1996 Houston, the vote of the African American neighborhood of Pleasantville is key in the race for mayor. The disappearance and death of a young woman campaigning for Axel Hathorne leads to the accusation of his nephew. Lawyer Jay Porter takes on his first murder case and runs into political corruption, family secrets and racial tension.
Second installment of the Jay Porter series, after «Black Water Rising». Winner of the Harper Lee Prize 2016 and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2016.
For readers of mystery, political thriller and African American social fiction, including book clubs.
Attica Locke is an American fiction author and writer/producer for television and film.
