Athens, America

by Larry Baker

Athens, America is a book about how a police mistake almost destroys a small college town. Two men must deal with the death of their daughters and overcome their grief.

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

A rapidly becoming obscure mid-list writer, whose first novel, FLAMINGO RISING, was a Hallmark movie and whose second, ATHENS/AMERICA, is now invisible and unattainable.
My new book, A GOOD MAN, is about drunk radio talk show hosts, food, politics, and the possible Second Coming. It also involves a threesome with Nancy Grace, Ann Coulter, and a fictional right-wing talk show host.
Book is dedicated to Harry Chapin and Flannery O'Connor, but you gotta read it to appreciate why."

Reviews

[Nick Stika · Rating 4 out of 5]

A moving story by Iowa City's own Larry Baker. I enjoyed it very much.

[Marvin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Draws on Baker's experience on Iowa City's city council at the time of the Shaw shooting by city police. It was mildly amusing to guess at people mentioned & to recognize settings, but he was so preoccupied with venting his frustrations about his experience that the book ends up being almost embarrassingly bad, self-indulgent fiction from someone capable of writing the wonderfully imagined Flamingo Rising.

[Jama]

good