Tag: Attica Locke

Pleasantville by Attica Locke

Pleasantville by Attica Locke Harper April 21, 2015 Paperback, 432 pages Pleasantville is a predominantly black neighborhood on the northeast side of Houston, Texas. This neighborhood is notorious for its high voter turnout in most elections. The novel, Pleasantville, by Attica Locke, is set in Pleasantville, the neighborhood, in 1996 and begins with the disappearance…

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke Paperback, 372 pages Dennis Lehane Books by Harper Perennial New York, 2012 Welcome to TLC Book Tours book blog tour for The Cutting Season.    The Cutting Season, a novel, derives its name from the sugar cane fields of Louisiana and time spent by workers, past and present, cutting…