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The Flamethrowers meets Let the fantastic World Spin in this electrifying debut novel set amid the heated conflict of Seattle's 1999 WTO protests. Over a rainy, frosty day in November, young Victor - a nomadic, scrappy teen who's run away from your home - pieces out to sell as much pot as possible to the throng of WTO demonstrators motivated to shut down the city. With all the proceeds, he blueprints to buy a planes ticket and leave Seattle permanently, but it quickly becomes clear that the history-making 50,000 antiglobalization protestors - from anarchists to environmentalists to teamsters - are tests the perseverance of the police, and what started out as a peaceful protest is threatening to erupt into assault. During the period of one life-altering evening, the fates of seven people changes forever: foremost included in this police Key Bishop, the estranged dad Victor hasn't observed in 3 years; two protesters battling to remain true with their nonviolent guidelines as your day descends into chaos; two cops in the street; and the coolly tasteful financial minister from Sri Lanka, whose life, as well as his country's destiny, hinges on getting through the upset group, out of prison, and also to his ending up in the president of america. When Key Bishop reluctantly unleashes rip gas on the unsuspecting group, it seems his expectations for reconciliation along with his boy as well as the continuing future of his city are in serious peril. In this natural and breathtaking novel, Yapa marries a deep rage with a deep humanity. In doing so he casts an unflinching eyeball on the nature and limits of compassion and the heartbreaking difference between what's right and what's possible.
