Is Communism finished? Will the public school system in New York city survive?
Set against political upheavals faraway in the Soviet Union in 1991, this novel follows the anxieties of an idealistic young man from the Caribbean who must contend with the breakdown of order in the city where he lives, and in the public school where he works. Through his eyes we witness violence in the streets, tensions in the school, the loneliness, grief, fear and stubborn hope that tear at the heart of immigrants and natives alike. The author brings a narrative intensity and insights to areas of darkness we have heard of in New York´s multifarious city.
