Synopses & Reviews
In the 1960s, racism was rampant in Jackson, Mississippi, and it was common for white men caught in the act of killing blacks to be acquitted by all-white juries. But 40 years later, someone is seeking justice; those same men are turning up dead - in the identical manner in which they killed their victims. Now, James Reynolds, who has overcome the odds - and his own personal demons - to become the only black prosecutor in Jackson, will face the toughest case of his life: He'll have to prosecute prime suspect Martin Matheson, a brilliant professor, the son of a venerated Civil Rights leader, and the newly appointed folk hero for thousands of African Americans hungry for retribution.
Synopsis
- Jeff Stetson is the author of "The Meeting, which received the 1987 NAACP Theater Image Award for Best Play and Best Writer. His other plays include "Fraternity, which won the 1988 Multi-Cultural Playwrights Festival; and "And the Men Shall Also Gather, selected for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.- The debate at the center of this novel resonates powerfully in light of current Middle East conflicts, forcing readers to consider whether it is ever just to seek unilateral retribution.