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Caveman Politics: A Novel |
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From the Rodney King beating to the predominance of black inmates on death row, the disparity in the United States between the justice meted out to whites and that dealt to minorities has become headline news. It's also the subject of Jay Atkinson's first novel, Caveman Politics. Atkinson's protagonist, journalist Joe Dolan, plays on the same rugby team as Mike Melendez, a Trinidadian art student. When Mike is accused of raping a white woman, Joe realizes that his teammate's color causes others to presume his guilt. Joe teams up with a black lawyer named Aloysius Timmons to investigate Mike's case. As the title suggests, Joe encounters plenty of unenlightened attitudes along the way, but he meets some complex characters as well, including an African American detective well versed in the writings of Marcus Aurelius and a man battling mental illness. Caveman Politics is more than just a murder mystery; it is an examination of the unspoken assumptions we all have about ourselves, others, and the way the world should be.
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