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WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION
Wall Street Journal BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY’S WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
From Attica Locke, a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire, this sophisticated thriller sees lawyer Jay Porter—hero of her bestseller Black Water Rising—return to fight one last case, only to become embroiled in a dangerous game of shadowy politics and a witness to how far those in power are willing to go to win.
Fifteen years after his career-defining case against Cole Oil, Jay Porter is broke and tired. That victory might have won the environmental lawyer fame, but thanks to a string of appeals, he hasn't seen a dime. His latest case—representing Pleasantville in the wake of a chemical fire—is dragging on, shaking his confidence and raising doubts about him within this upwardly mobile black community on Houston's north side. Though Jay still believes in doing what's right, he is done fighting other people's battles. Once he has his piece of the settlement, the single father is going to devote himself to what matters most—his children.
His plans are abruptly derailed when a female campaign volunteer vanishes on the night of Houston's mayoral election, throwing an already contentious campaign into chaos. The accused is none other than the nephew and campaign manager of one of the leading candidates—a scion of a prominent Houston family headed by the formidable Sam Hathorne. Despite all the signs suggesting that his client is guilty—and his own misgivings—Jay can't refuse when a man as wealthy and connected as Sam asks him to head up the defense. Not if he wants that new life with his kids. But he has to win.
Plunging into a shadowy world of ambitious enemies and treacherous allies armed with money, lies, and secrets, Jay reluctantly takes on his first murder trial—a case that will put him and his client, and an entire political process, on trial.
- Sales Rank: #392742 in Books
- Published on: 2015-04-21
- Released on: 2015-04-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.33" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 432 pages
Review
“Stellar…. As is Ms. Locke’s creative wont, the crimes at hand prove a mere prelude to darker deeds.” (Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year)
“Outstanding…. Ms. Locke elegantly parcels out key information about her characters one piece at a time.” (Wall Street Journal)
“Splendid…. A thoughtful, penetrating mystery.” (USA Today)
“This taut thriller. . . is knitted with enough shock and awe and backroom politics to keep you reading and guessing all weekend long.” (Essence)
“A nuanced and empathetic look at the unequal, contentious social layers of Houston’s African-American population.” (Seattle Times)
“Compelling.... Locke, a writer and co-producer of the Fox drama “Empire,” gracefully melds politics and racial issues with greed and a family rooted in secrecy for a gripping, believable plot.” (Associated Press)
“Locke knows how to craft a thrilling story…. With Pleasantville she’s crafted a legal thriller that shifts between personal tragedy and political corruption always with an eye on the subtle detail or the big reveal.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
“Locke, a sharp and gifted writer, delivers a complex, suspenseful legal thriller that offers a sophisticated appraisal of our deeply flawed political process, one that is likely to resound with readers.” (Starred Booklist )
“A thriller wrapped in an involving story of community and family dynamics. Locke serves up a panorama of nuanced characters and writes with intelligence and depth.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Gripping…a twist-filled plot will keep readers eagerly turning the pages.” (Publishers Weekly)
Locke makes every scene count with a complex plot that unfolds surprises at every turn and packs a satisfying conclusion.... Highly recommended for fans of fast-paced mysteries with strong geographic angles and appealing underdogs. (Library Journal (starred))
“[A] deeply nuanced story . . . As Scott Turow has done, Ms. Locke uses small, incremental deceptions to draw her main character into big and dangerous mistakes . . . Subtle and compelling.” (New York Times)
“Attica Locke’s first novel, Black Water Rising, which Janet Maslin called ‘subtle and compelling’ in The New York Times, is an even better book than its author had in mind...The book cleverly replaces the kind of cold-war paranoia that used to animate thrillers with racial paranoia instead.” (New York Times)
“Locke deftly moves between past and present action . . . [putting] her in the company of master thriller writers such as Dennis Lehane or Scott Turow. . . . Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Black Water Rising is a stylish, involving literary thriller with a strong emphasis on human politics and character. An auspicious debut from Attica Locke.” (George Pelecanos, author of The Turnaround)
“I was first struck by Attica Locke’s prose, then by the ingenuity of her narrative and finally and most deeply by the depth of her humanity. She writes with equal amounts grace and passion. . . . I’d probably read the phone book if her name was on the spine.” (Dennis Lehane)
“The impressively astute Attica Locke writes . . . in much the same way that Mr. Lehane [does]. . . . Each is willing to use the murder mystery as a framework for much more ambitious, atmospheric fiction.” (New York Times)
“Dripping with southern Gothic atmosphere. . . . Equal parts murder mystery and family drama, the novel also draws readers in through its considerations of African-American history and life in post-Katrina Louisiana.” (USA Today)
“Compelling. . . . A mystery that expands the whole idea of the mystery, reaching from the present deeply into the past. . . . Great writing, the kind that gives you goose bumps.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Absorbing. . . . As she managed to do so well in her first novel, Black Water Rising, Locke draws on the past to remind her characters how much it has shaped their identities and how much it continues to shape the choices they make.” (New York Times Book Review)
“[A] haunting mystery, where the murder of a migrant worker brings past and present into hair’s–breadth proximity. ” (People)
From the Back Cover
From Attica Locke, a writer and producer of FOX’s�Empire, this sophisticated thriller sees lawyer Jay Porter—hero of her bestseller Black Water Rising—return to fight one last case, only to become embroiled in a dangerous game of shadowy politics and a witness to how far those in power are willing to go to win.
Fifteen years after his career-defining case against Cole Oil, Jay Porter is broke and tired. That victory might have won the environmental lawyer fame, but thanks to a string of appeals, he hasn't seen a dime. His latest case—representing Pleasantville in the wake of a chemical fire—is dragging on, shaking his confidence and raising doubts about him within this upwardly mobile black community on Houston's north side. Though Jay still believes in doing what's right, he is done fighting other people's battles. Once he has his piece of the settlement, the single father is going to devote himself to what matters most—his children.
His plans are abruptly derailed when a female campaign volunteer vanishes on the night of Houston's mayoral election, throwing an already contentious campaign into chaos. The accused is none other than the nephew and campaign manager of one of the leading candidates—a scion of a prominent Houston family headed by the formidable Sam Hathorne. Despite all the signs suggesting that his client is guilty—and his own misgivings—Jay can't refuse when a man as wealthy and connected as Sam asks him to head up the defense. Not if he wants that new life with his kids. But he has to win.
Plunging into a shadowy world of ambitious enemies and treacherous allies armed with money, lies, and secrets, Jay reluctantly takes on his first murder trial—a case that will put him and his client, and an entire political process, on trial.
About the Author
Attica Locke is the author of Black Water Rising, which was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the UK’s Orange Prize, and also the national bestseller The Cutting Season, which won an Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. She is a producer and writer on the Fox drama Empire. She is on the board of directors for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, where she lives.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
For lovers of political intrigue and suspense, this is the total package.
By Texasbooklover
Fiction
Attica Locke
Pleasantville: A Novel
New York: Harper
Hardcover, 978-0-06-225940-0
432 pages, $26.99
April 21, 2015
Pleasantville is a historical neighborhood in Houston, Texas, “a planned community…built specifically for Negro families of means and class” in the wake of World War II, and one of its favorite sons, Axel Hathorne, has just entered a runoff election for mayor of Houston. The same night, someone is watching Alicia Nowell, a teenage girl who had been handing out leaflets door-to-door for the election as she stands on a street corner waiting for her ride, “still wanting to believe a way out was possible, but already knowing, with a creeping certainty, that this this night had turned on her, that her disappearing had already begun.” How’s that for a hook?
Pleasantville is Attica Locke’s sequel to the many-award-nominated Black Water Rising is back -- with environmental plaintiff’s attorney Jay Porter, this time dealing with the death of his wife, single fatherhood, inertia, and a break-in at his law office that occurs the same night as the election, the same night the girl goes missing. When Hathorne’s campaign manager is arrested and charged with the murder of Alicia Nowell, Locke’s compelling setup for this complex, character-driven legal and political thriller is complete.
Pleasantville has a complicated plot with lots of moving parts. There is a large cast of disparate, intriguing characters, liberally peppered with predators of all stripes. The pacing never lags, goosed along by artfully placed plot twists. The story is a highly entertaining brew of political and personal ambition garnished with journalistic, legal, and corporate corruption. All of which Locke handles beautifully.
The cynicism of the political horse-trading is breathtaking and will confirm all of your conspiracy theories. A good number of the cast are politicians and their consultants, including the reincarnation of Lee Atwater, a city council member who can “hear the whir of a video camera from a block over” and a mayoral candidate who began wearing glasses when she entered the race because “talk of her pale green eyes and the height of her stiletto heels starting getting too much play in the press.”
Porter’s floundering without his wife is touchingly conveyed. “There are things she knew about her family, not secrets so much as hard-earned intimacies, that she inadvertently took with her, leaving the rest of them to fend for themselves in this new, foreign land, daily meeting at the kitchen table, or passing in the hallway, without their shared interpreter.”
There is humor here, as well, spiced with sassy one-liners. At one point Porter concedes that “the breadth of his investigation is an ex-con skulking around Hollis’s [a suspect] place in a rusty El Camino.” Hollis’s place is one of those giant, generic apartment complexes with pretentious names. “This one has the nerve to call itself Beechwood Estates.”
Full of family secrets and political secrets, Pleasantville gives new meaning to the truism that the political is personal. For lovers of intrigue and suspense, this is the total package.
Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Attica Locke showcases her gift of crafting a great story once again in PLEASANTVILLE
By Cyrus Webb
I was a little late to the Attica Locke party than some as my first book to read by her was THE CUTTING SEASON, but it didn't take me long to realize that she was a gifted storyteller that was able to draw the reader in by the characters and places she created. That definitely has proven true once again in Pleasantville.
The genius of Locke is that regardless of the race of the characters or the location of the action there is a commonality that the reader feels, making the story more personal and definitely adds to the excitement. Jay Porter is also the hero we all want to be, but as he unfolds in this book we are able to realize that like all heroes he is still a man with feelings, flaws---and sensitivities.
Considering the chaotic world that is politics, it added in the mix of this thriller is sure to deliver its own spice, and sure enough it reveals just how far some are willing to go for power and what they believe to be theirs.
The question the reader will be wondering as they probably do in their day-to-day lives is can good win out when it seems as though evil is all around? And is the good guy as easy to identify as we would hope? Settle in for an adventure that will keep you engaged from beginning to end.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
PLEASANTVILLE is an engaging, don’t-want-to-put-it-down book ...
By M Denise Costello
Pleasantville is a predominantly black neighborhood on the northeast side of Houston, Texas. This neighborhood is notorious for its high voter turnout in most elections. The novel, PLEASANTVILLE, by Attica Locke, is set in Pleasantville, the neighborhood, in 1996 and begins with the disappearance of a young woman who had canvassed the area just before an election.
Jay Porter, a lawyer whose wife died the previous year, has been asked by the neighborhood’s de facto mayor to aid his grandson in his defense as the young man is accused of the girl’s murder. Porter almost loses his own daughter in the process of solving the mystery of who is really the heinous killer.
PLEASANTVILLE is an engaging, don’t-want-to-put-it-down book and the second book I have read by Locke. I was amazed at the intricacies of the plot and how Locke wove so many sub-plots and subjects together so wonderfully. Some of the themes she presents are Erin Brockovich-type lawsuits of the neighborhood version Big Oil and Big Chemical, race issues in a major metropolitan area in the south, political machines and the underhanded ways they win, family drama, gumshoe work, and mainly the loyalty and trust between friends and neighbors.
As much as I enjoyed Locke’s previous book, THE CUTTING SEASON, I thought PLEASANTVILLE was even better. Porter, the protagonist of this book and of Locke’s first book that I have not read entitled BLACK WATER RISING, is such an angst-filled 40-something with all the normal foibles and insecurities, yet totally relatable and still an ethical guy. Even though he is not a criminal attorney, he takes on the defense of the young man because he knows it is the right thing to do.
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