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Broken Ground

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Description for Broken Ground Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295990484
SKU
V9780295990484
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About John Keeble
John Keeble is the author of four novels, including Yellowfish and Broken Ground, a collection of short stories, Nocturnal America, and a work of nonfiction, Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound.

Reviews for Broken Ground
"In John Keeble's extraordinary novel, Broken Ground, a social fable for our time, every element has its double in the illuminating realm of metaphor. . . . No other serious American novel has confronted so directly and so eerily the slithery power of corporate dominance over humble lives as well as over our changing, dehumanized landscape."
Lynne Sharon Schwartz ... Read more

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