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title: "Pleasantville: A Novel"
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# Pleasantville: A Novel

**Brand:** attica locke
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- **What is this?** Pleasantville: A Novel by attica locke
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Pleasantville: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

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    wonderful!
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022*

As one who lived in Houston both when the first Jay Porter novel and this second one were set, reading these was like a visit home.  Ms Locke writes with vivid detail, and tells a ripping good story.  I recommend these books for anyone, but especially for those with a connection to Houston.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Masterful writing
  

*by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019*

A year or so ago, I saw a newspaper story about Attica Locke and her first novel. I immediately knew I had to read that book. After all, it was set in Houston, where I’ve lived for over forty years, and Locke was a Houston native. And to top it all off, she wrote for the hit TV series Empire, a show I’m not particularly fond of, but I was impressed by Locke’s credentials. I loved that book. I then read her second novel, and I loved it as well. And this, Pleasantville, is her third novel, the second to feature a Houston setting and lawyer Jay Porter as the protagonist. Oddly enough for books in a series, in Pleasantville a number of years have passed since Porter first appeared in that debut novel. Locke weaves a tale, set in the 1990s, largely set in and about a black Houston neighborhood (Pleasantville) and the political doings that occur when a young girl is murdered there. I have to admit that the book started slow—for me, anyway. I was well into it, perhaps 150 pages, before I was hooked. But once I was hooked, I was fascinated. And I was clobbered right between the eyes when the resolution came. This is masterful storytelling. And it is masterful writing. Locke creates an almost alternate Houston universe. Landmarks and national figures are authentic, but the other characters are made up, particularly the Houston political figures of the time. We know, especially those of us who have lived in Houston for decades, who was actually in power, but Locke simply creates her own power people in order to fuel her story. I was truly impressed with that, for she does it so skillfully that I was not bothered by her complete creation of a Houston that was similar to the one I know, and yet not authentic at all. I truly recommend this book whether you have lived in Houston or not. It is good, good, good.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    If you like legal mysteries with twists and you don't mind a slow-paced read, you might enjoy this one.
  

*by K***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2017*

Pleasantville was a planned community after WW II, a Levittown for middle class black families. Hispanic people are moving in and contesting the political power structure. Jay, the protagonist, is a middle- aged attorney whose wife recently died, who hopies to win a large class action lawsuit . His fee will be large enough to retire early.Jay's life suddenly becomes complicated when the town's most powerful political family, whose youngest son is  running in a local election, asks him to represent the candidate in a criminal case. Jay does civil cases, has never done criminal work and is still depressed over the loss of his wife, but he's told to take the case or his big lawsuit will be given to an eager young  hispanic attorney.The candidate is accused of the rape and murder of a teenage campaign volunteer. He refuses to reveal his alibi for the time of the volunteer's. He claims not to remember her, though her phone number is on his pager.  Was the defendant set up by a rival candidate?  Will the "alibi person" come forward? Will Jay get his confidence and energy back in time for the trial? Who is breaking into the files in Jay's office? A rival candidate, or someone working for the rival attorney attempting to take over the class-action suit?  And most important , if the candidate didn't commit the murder, who did?  There's so much circumstantial evidence, that the only way to win is to find  a  reasonable-doubt substitute.

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