Fire's Edge

By Alan Siporin

From award-winning writer and former NPR reporter Alan Siporin comes a riveting novel of suspense and courage, where people, good and bad, are tested by hate in Oregon's skinhead underworld. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097228060X
• ISBN13: 9780972280600
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Wounded Bear Pr
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Gripping--and nearly as scary as the news

Like the cover of the book--which holds an image that once seen, cannot be ignored--this story reveals a dark undercurrent which is unfortunately still very strong in our society. The novel provides a kind of anatomy of hatred that begins in many young white males as undefined anger toward the world and is focused by demagogues into the dangerous rage of racism and hate crime. I disagree with the reviewer who found the book didactic. The events on which the story is based are very real, and his characterizations of skinheads and neo-Nazi leaders ring true, due to careful research and interviews of hate criminals conducted by the author himself. I didn't find a trace of political correctness in the characterization of the heroes and victims, who are Jewish, African-While this book may find its most concentrated readership here in the Pacific Northwest, it certainly deserves a wider audiences, and I hope that young people, in particular, will read and discuss this provocative and powerful work.