{"product_id":"the-committee-paperback","title":"The Committee - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSterling Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 \u003cem\u003eSouthern Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating read and an absorbing tale about the abuses that can arise from intolerance and prejudice. It carries a warning from the past to the siloed, fractured communities of today.\" --\u003cem\u003eHistorical Novel Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1950s, Gainesville, Florida, seems to be a sleepy university town. Its residents live, by outward appearances, ordinary lives. And yet the town is far from ordinary. The most private acts of professors, students, townspeople rich and poor, and politicians are under the close scrutiny of a shadowy group of men--the Committee--who use the powers of government and the police to investigate, threaten, and control this increasingly fearful community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Committee pits friends against friends and threatens careers and lives in a struggle for the soul of a town, a university, and an ideal. Based on actual historical events and set against the backdrop of political, cultural, and class turmoil, this is a story of love--both licit and hidden--war, friendship, betrayal, compromise, and finally the necessity to stand firm against the encroachments upon freedom by men who believe they are doing God's and the government's righteous work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSterling Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eDeadly Sweet, Sweet Dream Baby, Fighting in the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuitcase City\u003c\/i\u003e. Watson's short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He was director of the creative writing program at Eckerd College for twenty years and now teaches in the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Boston. Of his sixth novel, \u003ci\u003eSuitcase City\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Franklin said, \"If this taut literary crime novel doesn't center Sterling Watson on the map, we should change maps.\" Watson lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247551627513,"sku":"9781617757686","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8YFx7Sodjc9781617757686.webp?v=1768626693","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-committee-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}