![]() ![]() ![]() Yapa's melding of fact and fiction, human frailty and geopolitics, is a genuine tour de force, and an exciting literary debut * Seattle Times * Like magic, Yapa uses this handful of perspectives to create snapshots that allow the reader to imagine who else was there that day and what they were doing, thinking, and feeling. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, set during the World Trade Organization protests, is a deeply charged novel showcasing a distinct and exciting new literary voice. ![]() ![]() In amongst the fray, Victor and his father are heading for a collision too. Hordes of protesters - from all sections of society - will test the patience of the city's police force, and lives will be altered forever: two armed police officers will struggle to keep calm amid the threat of violence a protester with a murderous past will make an unforgivable mistake and a delegate from Sri Lanka will do whatever it takes to make it through the crowd to a meeting - a meeting that could dramatically change the fate of his country. He is the estranged son of the police chief of the city, and today his father is in charge of one of the largest protests in the history of Western democracy.īut in a matter of hours reality will become a nightmare. Victor, homeless after a family tragedy, finds himself pounding the streets of Seattle with little meaning or purpose. A heart-stopping debut about protest and riot. ![]()
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