Russell Banks
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English
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After being released from prison, a young man whose life was destroyed after a liaison with an underage girl agrees to help a university sociologist with his research on homelessness and recidivism among six offenders and the two form an unlikely friendship, until events from the professor's past come to light and cause the young man to question everything he knows.
Author
Language
English
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With America ever under global scrutiny, Russell Banks contemplates the questions of our origins, values, heroes, conflicts, and contradictions. He writes with conversational ease and emotional insight, drawing on contemporary politics, literature, film, and his knowledge of American history.