Dolores S. reviewed on 1/30/2005 + 8 more book reviews

\"Compelling act of racism: the murder of a black teenager who had the presumption to speak an innocent French phrase to the young white wife of a man infected with hatred...But (the book) is not about the murder, the perfunctory investigation that follows, or the inevitable injustice in the courts. What this novel seeks to do is to explore the social and, more importantly, the psychological ramifications of this single reprehensible act. It is, in effect, a mystery novel of the heart.\"

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