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"A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history (Atlanta, just after WWII). Terrific entertainment." (Stephen King)"One incendiary image ignites the next in this highly combustible procedural, set in the city’s rigidly segregated black neighborhoods during the pre-civil-rights era and written with a ferocious passion that’ll knock the wind out of you." (New York Times Book Review)"Mullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers. But you also want justice, which you know neither Mullen nor our own time can provide...Compelling works of fiction such as Mullen’s walk a fine line between art that reminds us of horrors past and art that trades on them with pieces too unfinished to play with." (Washington Post)As his previous historical novels have proven, Mullen is skilled at bringing the past to life, both socially and visually… fans of well-written literary thrillers will want this expert example. (Library Journal)From the very first page of Darktown, I was stunned, mesmerized, and instantly a huge fan of Tom Mullen. Beyond the history and the thrilling mystery, the book’s soul lies in the burgeoning partnership (and dare I say friendship) at the center of the book. It’s a reminder of the ties that cut across race in America. There is nothing I love more in a book than hope. (Attica Locke author of Pleasantville)Fine Southern storytelling meets hard-boiledcrime in a tale that connects an overlooked chapter of history to our owncontinuing struggles with race today. (Charles Frazier author of Cold Mountain)Mullen uses the lens of a twisted murder mystery to unsettle readers with his unflinching looks at racism in post-WWII Atlanta… This page-turner reads like the best of James Ellroy. (Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review))“Mullen succeeds in delivering a narrative heartbreakingly irresistible” (Shelf Awareness, Starred Review)Mullen’s writing is extremely evocative in bringing the pre–civil rights South to life. (Booklist (Starred Review))“Gripping…. A complicated crime fiction that melds an intense plot with fully realized characters… Mullen's unflinching description[s] add to the realism and relevance of Darktown.” (Associated Press)
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About the Author
Thomas Mullen is the author of The Lightning Men, Darktown, and The Last Town on Earth, which was named Best Debut Novel of 2006 by USA TODAY. He was also awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction for The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers and The Revisionists. His works have been named to Year’s Best lists by The Chicago Tribune and USA TODAY, among others. His stories and essays have been published in Grantland, Paste, and the Huffington Post, and his Atlanta Magazine true crime story about a novelist/con man won the City and Regional Magazine Award for Best Feature. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and sons.
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Product details
Series: The Darktown Series (Book 1)
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Atria / 37 INK; Reprint edition (June 6, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 150113387X
ISBN-13: 978-1501133879
Product Dimensions:
5.3 x 1 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
208 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#212,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I don't even know where to start with this book. It is equally parts a mystery and a history lesson. I was a little overwhelmed with this book. Knowing that the incidents in this story are very factual based on the time period, it was very hard to swallow at times.I am not going to go into big detail about the plot and subplots in this story. Just know that everything in this book is connected with a result of the big picture at the end.I loved getting to know the characters in this book. The relationships between white cops and the black cops is a big part of this story. The trust and mistrust between them is more than realistic than I could have imagined.I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The only drawback of this book is the tidbits of unnecessary information that drew the story out but had no insight to add to the story. Aside from that, this book was a good read.
Mullen's novel is absorbing and tense, filled with the history of race relations in the aftermath of the Second World War. There is a lot of story here - and indeed my one criticism would be that the author sticks solely to the action. I would have liked to get to know the protagonists and their stories even better, even to the extent of the more mundane parts of their lives and relationships. The almost exclusive focus on action/decision moments, while thrilling, seem to rob the story of perspective. But this is a minor quibble - Darktown is a fast, entertaining and enlightening read.
The setting for Darktown is 1948 Atlanta where vote-getting motivations led to the hiring of eight African-American officers (I have to use current phraseology) in the previously all white Atlanta Police Department. I'm writing this as a retired white educated baby-boomer who grew up as a Yankee. The name of the novel depicts its grim setting -- Jim Crow racism, lynchings, as well as corruption and cruelty in the police department. I found the novel enormously compelling, however, and there were situations where what should be inhuman behavior really got to me. Two key players among the African-American officers were Lucius and Sam. They are complex characters who found themselves making nearly impossible decisions in a threatening environment. A key part of the novel were the travails involved in solving the murder of a key female character. One small shred of relief occurs when Lucius builds a partnership with a white policeman. Darktown is a powerful novel. It depicts an era that is a shameful part of U.S. history. Would that none of this exists in 2017. Unfortunately, in our current political environment, too many reprehensible attitudes and behaviors continue to manifest themselves.
As one who grew up in the Atlanta of this period, Darktown dredged up memories long (and best) forgotten. This was what we called “the reign of terrorâ€. All the historic figures ring true as do many of the recounts of savagery. My parents never understood why blacks would ever want to integrate with whites thinking most as redneck savages. Darktown will make you wonder too.
Set in the late 1940s in the still dormant, old-ways Southern city, Atlanta, GA, this book is a penetrating, at times excruciating, examination of race relations in that era and the vigilante-like efforts of the white police force to suppress blacks, all the while often engaging in all manner of criminal activities. Atlanta, from some minimal do-gooder instinct, has just hired eight black policemen, all WWII vets, to patrol black neighborhoods. Of course, the prejudice remains: they cannot enter the main police station, cannot drive a patrol car, cannot make an arrest, cannot investigate a crime, cannot wear the uniform outside exact hours of the shift, etc. And the entire police force is overtly hostile towards them. That is the environment in which new officers Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith must operate.When they observe a middle-aged white man hit a utility pole, in so-called “darktown,†furthermore with a black girl as a passenger who seems to have been assaulted, all they can do is call in a white team. As happens all too often, they can do nothing when the man is allowed to go free and the female flees from the car. Days later when the girl is found shot dead and hidden in a garbage heap, Boggs and Smith make it their mission find justice for her. The hurdles and dangers that they face as they dig up information while attempting to fly under the radar would deter most anyone. The run afoul of an underground, ex-cop dirty works group. When their quest takes them outside of Atlanta, matters become even more harrowing.It’s an okay mystery, but it’s even better sociology. There are any number of episodes, some incidental, that the author touches upon that make startling clear the immense difficulty of being black in a racist society. The author is not on soap-box – he doesn’t have to be.
This is an excellent book, blending the historical information ( the first black police officers on Atlanta's police force in 1947 ) with a page-turning crime. Politics, police corruption, and discrimination are part of the narrative. Many of the situations faced by the black officers were hard to read about. Great characterization, excellent writing.
Liked it. Better than I expected, did not expect a "racial" novel. Learned a lot about what went on in the fifties in Atlanta. Very interesting story about how the white and black cops were separated in everything they could do and what they had to do it with. Will read the second in the series when it gets to a price I can afford.
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