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Hardcover Newsworld Book

ISBN: 0822942992

ISBN13: 9780822942993

Newsworld

(Part of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize Series)

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News is "one of the few things that connects us as a nation" observes the protagonist in the title story of Newsworld, a new collection by Todd James Pierce that explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. The characters in "Newsworld" seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Seige at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for...

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Stories You Can't Live Without

Mr. Pierce writes like an angel, driven by a hardcore need to tell the truth about the piece-meal internet-connectivity, deer-caught-in-the-headlights, news-weary way we live today. This is one of those rare books that will get you not only entertained, but riled up . . . it seems each of these stories is a nugget of harsh, bitter truth about the dysfunctional world we live in. Trust it's author, he tells the kind of story you won't be able to put down or forget quickly. These stories seriously get under your skin and they are rather stealthy in the way they will get you to relish every one of them.
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