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The Last Integrationist

The Last Integrationist

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Provocative, disturbing and brilliant
Review: Jake Lamar's chilling vision of post-modern American society is as real and raw as the morning news. There is huge irony in the hyperbole here, and the lack of a moral centerpoint serves to drive this work to its inexorable conclusion. A superbly written, spellbinding read. Not to be missed

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Thought provoking! Entertaining
Review: Jake Lamar's novel is disturbing, even depressing for those of us who believe that a truly integrated and diverse society is still possible. He manages, through his characters and various subplots, to examine nearly every major philosophical approach to the issue of race in the United States today. He uses his characters to make their own points of view known, then attacks the foundation of every argument, forcing the reader to confront his/her own perspective. This is uncomfortable, but the story is absolutely compelling. I found this novel on a clearance rack, and read it in three days.

Lamar's vision of an imminent quasi-fascist regime with wildly popular support is not very off-center; the wild-eyed rantings of the Right, the harsh political correctness of the more fascist wing of the Left, and the growing racial separatism within the African-American population all point to just such a destruction of the American Dream. The novel provides no real answers; perhaps we as a society can.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Merciless insights that force self-examination
Review: Jake Lamar's novel is disturbing, even depressing for those of us who believe that a truly integrated and diverse society is still possible. He manages, through his characters and various subplots, to examine nearly every major philosophical approach to the issue of race in the United States today. He uses his characters to make their own points of view known, then attacks the foundation of every argument, forcing the reader to confront his/her own perspective. This is uncomfortable, but the story is absolutely compelling. I found this novel on a clearance rack, and read it in three days.

Lamar's vision of an imminent quasi-fascist regime with wildly popular support is not very off-center; the wild-eyed rantings of the Right, the harsh political correctness of the more fascist wing of the Left, and the growing racial separatism within the African-American population all point to just such a destruction of the American Dream. The novel provides no real answers; perhaps we as a society can.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great! A real Page Turner
Review: One of the best books I've read in years

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Government Conspiracy With a Twist
Review: Question: Under what circumstances would paranoid white supremacists actually support vastly accelerated government intrusion into the lives of private citizens? This story attempts to define such circumstances in a sort of pre-apocalyptic America of the near future. But this premise is ultimately flawed since the is no natural support for the type of actions contemplated, not by conservatives, not liberals certainly not people of color or anti-government reactionaries.

Nevertheless the author manages to discuss significant racial issues, and particularly inter-racial relationships, in a powerful manner. Well worth reading in spite of the unlikely premise.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Government Conspiracy With a Twist
Review: Question: Under what circumstances would paranoid white supremacists actually support vastly accelerated government intrusion into the lives of private citizens? This story attempts to define such circumstances in a sort of pre-apocalyptic America of the near future. But this premise is ultimately flawed since the is no natural support for the type of actions contemplated, not by conservatives, not liberals certainly not people of color or anti-government reactionaries.

Nevertheless the author manages to discuss significant racial issues, and particularly inter-racial relationships, in a powerful manner. Well worth reading in spite of the unlikely premise.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: scary throught
Review: The last integrationist makes you think about the power the government has to do secretive things that the public aren't aware of. I enjoyed being in the lives of the characther's in the book. Melvin, a black attorney generalhad a lot of pressure on him, to do what was right in the eyes of the media. I learned a lot about politics, by reading this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: scary throught
Review: The last integrationist makes you think about the power the government has to do secretive things that the public aren't aware of. I enjoyed being in the lives of the characther's in the book. Melvin, a black attorney generalhad a lot of pressure on him, to do what was right in the eyes of the media. I learned a lot about politics, by reading this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Written before It's time...
Review: The Last Integrationist was written before it's time, if it were to be released today in the year of our elections, it'd be a bestseller. A tale of a black man and his bid for vice presidency, his unwillingness to go along quietly with the present status quo and his inevitable fall.

This story is deeply written, filled with questions of what the powerful is really capable of doing to the powerless. Recommended reading for anyone who wants to step up a notch!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Written before It's time...
Review: The Last Integrationist was written before it's time, if it were to be released today in the year of our elections, it'd be a bestseller. A tale of a black man and his bid for vice presidency, his unwillingness to go along quietly with the present status quo and his inevitable fall.

This story is deeply written, filled with questions of what the powerful is really capable of doing to the powerless. Recommended reading for anyone who wants to step up a notch!


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