Grant Park, Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Grant Park, Leonard Pitts, Jr.
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Grant Park

Author: Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Narrator: Ron Butler

Unabridged: 15 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/13/2015


Synopsis

Grant Park begins in 1968, with Martin Luther King's final days in Memphis. The story then moves to the eve of the 2008 election, and cuts between the two eras as it unfolds. Disillusioned columnist Malcolm Toussaint, fueled by yet another report of unarmed black men killed by police, hacks into his newspaper's server to post an incendiary column that had been rejected by his editors. Toussaint then disappears, and his longtime editor, Bob Carson, is summarily fired within hours of the column's publication.

While a furious Carson tries to find Toussaint—at the same time dealing with the reappearance of a lost love from his days as a 60s activist—Toussaint is abducted by two improbable but still-dangerous white supremacists plotting to explode a bomb at Obama's planned rally in Grant Park. Toussaint and Carson are forced to remember the choices they made as idealistic, impatient young men, when both their lives were changed profoundly by their work in the civil rights movement.

About Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Leonard Pitts, Jr., is the author of the novels Grant Park, Freeman, and Before I Forget, as well as two works of nonfiction. He is a nationally syndicated columnist for the Miami Herald and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, in addition to many other awards. Born and raised in Southern California, Pitts lives in Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

Mr. Pitts writes a nationally syndicated column based in the Miami Herald. I not infrequently disagree with his take on many contemporary domestic issues; however, I always appreciated his excellent command of craft. When his new novel Grant Park came out, I attended his lecture and signing tour her......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Works both as a political thriller and a commentary on black/white relations. I teared up several times while reading it. It also made me laugh out loud more than once. It succeeded particularly well in illuminating my understanding of different points of view related to racial issues. Truly excelle......more