Three New Orleans residents meet at a television station, where a cop calls for the people to rise up against corruption in the Big Easy. But what happens when Papa Legba himself answers their plea?
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The core of this novel, however, is not its characters, or its plot, or even its language ??? it???s the themes. On first glance, The People???s Police might not appear to be a very political book, but the reader need not get very far into it to see just how very political it is. It addresses issues such as police brutality, poor economic management by the government, climate change, racism, misogyny ??? just to name a few. Readers with a good grasp of the United States??? socioeconomic and political problems from the last ten years or so will likely recognise many of the things Spinrad is referencing: from Bush???s mishandling of the Katrina aftermath, to the major downturn in the housing market in 2008, to the most recent incidents of police brutality against black people.
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