008220 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, New York, U.S.A. 1975 Dust Jacket Good Hard Cover Very Good Dark blue cloth on boards. 252 pp. Volume has light edgewear. Jacket shows minor wear, rubbing, the bottom front corner is clipped, price intact. Now in clear cover. "Barnie Tiller's Appalachian leadership included a tiny enclave in the 'Bottoms' of Cincinnati - constantly in danger of being engulfed by racial warfare. In this story Cincinnati has become a city of terror. The police search desperately for the killer of six victims, knowing chiefly that the assailant is black. The pressure to convict is enormous. The black community considers it pressure for a scapegoat. Then there emerges Matthew Sparks, a mercurial, unschooled man who is the cousin of the man charged with the murders. Sparks becomes a figure to contend with, his arrest for loitering as he protest the treatment and arrest of his cousin touches off the Cincinnati riots. The explosive climax of the book comes when, in the midst of the riot, Barnie the messenger of the city and Matthew the fugitive meet. An exciting and immensely readable novel with deep philosophical overtones, it explores the lot of a gentle man in a violent society and the dilemma of peace vs. justice in a country groping toward racial harmony." $16.00USD
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