| Broken Ground Contributor(s): Keeble, John (Author), Moore, Kathleen (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0295990481 ISBN-13: 9780295990484 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010007792 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.56" W x 7.94" (1.14 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Broken Ground employs a construction project in the Oregon desert as the basis for a story with far-reaching political and moral implications. Hank Lafleur has been sent to supervise the project, which is a prison-for-profit financed by a multinational corporation under government contract, and meant to house felons, illegal immigrants, and, as Lafleur comes to learn, political prisoners from Latin America. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism - in both the domestic and international realms. Visit the author's website: http: //www.keeblefiction.com/ |