Your heart is a muscle the size of a fist : a novel / Sunil Yapa.
On a rainy, cold day in November 1999, young Victor--a nomadic, scrappy teenager who's run away from home--sets out to sell as much marijuana as possible to the throng of WTO demonstrators determined to shut down the city. With the proceeds, he plans to buy a plane ticket and leave Seattle forever, but it quickly becomes clear that the history-making 50,000 anti-globalization protesters--from anarchists to environmentalists to teamsters--are testing the patience of the police, and what started out as a peaceful protest is threatening to erupt into violence. Over the course of one life-altering afternoon, the fates of seven people will change forever: foremost among them police Chief Bishop, the estranged father Victor hasn't seen in three years, two protesters struggling to stay true to their non-violent principles as the day descends into chaos, two police officers in the street, and the coolly elegant financial minister from Sri Lanka whose life, as well as his country's fate, hinges on getting through the angry crowd, out of jail, and to his meeting with the President of the United States. When Chief Bishop reluctantly unleashes tear gas on the unsuspecting crowd, it seems his hopes for reconciliation with his son, as well as the future of his city, are in serious peril.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316386531
- ISBN: 0316386537
- Physical Description: 312 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Lee Boudreaux Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 311-312).
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- Demonstrations > Washington (State) > Seattle > Fiction.
Anti-globalization movement > Washington (State) > Seattle > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction. - Genre:
- Fiction.
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- 13 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F YAPA (Text) | 39493107915292 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | Fic (Text) | 38344101563664 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Yapa (Text) | 540191011080758 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Corolla Library | F YAP (Text) | 39488600117149 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F YAP (Text) | 0020510915778 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Yapa (Text) | 33115007635862 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | YAP (Text) | 33258008208394 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| J.C. Holliday Library | F Yap (Text) | 810191001401632 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mars Hill Library | FIC YAP (Text) | 30229101012663 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | F YAP (Text) | 0020510916032 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
