{"product_id":"milltown-9781927882405","title":"Milltown","description":"\u003cp\u003eSri Lankan refugee, Sam Selvadurai, fleeing the genocide in his homeland, settles in Milltown, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario; he buys an old hamburger shop and turns it into a gourmet South Asian restaurant, while the town folk eye him with suspicion . The restaurant and most of Milltown are owned by the unscrupulous but charismatic Art Hamilton whose wife committed suicide, while his troubled teenage son, Andy, languishes in a young offenders' prison on the border of town after having emptied a shotgun in the schoolyard, killing two students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Morgan, the town's mayor, is on the take, pushing an amendment through council to expand the local chemical plant - for the benefit of key investor Art Hamilton. Frank lusts after his assistant, Sue Miller, whose husband died at Art's plant and who has her own plan for revenge. Sue is forlornly attracted to the town's drunken lawyer and failed politician, Rick Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sam's teenage daughter, Sarojini, and Sue's son, Billy, fall in love, and Andy bursts out of prison, the town erupts in violence and disarray. The forces of racial prejudice, parental neglect, sexual harassment, teen pregnancy, and corporate greed meet in a perfect storm in Milltown. The body count mounts, and the town's inhabitants are forced to examine their own lives before casting the first stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the solitary lighthouse swivels and shines its light into the nooks and crannies of Milltown, Sam asks, \"Is there evil here too?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shane Joseph is fearless in having his characters suffer within incidents that a lesser writer would balk at. \u003cem\u003eMilltown\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting novel.\"\u003cstrong\u003e Ronald Mackay - author \u003cem\u003eFortunate Isle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMilltown\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a virtual merry-go-round of crooked industrialists, abusive politicians, unwanted pregnancies, psychopathic killers, drunken lawyers, Sri Lankan immigrants and inept mobsters\"\u003cstrong\u003e Ben Antao - author \u003cem\u003eMoney \u0026amp; Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Denim Press Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927882405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Shane Joseph","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670800363676,"sku":"9781927882405","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1b34b82d-a212-4c49-8f07-f63bd57dbba1.jpg?v=1603923649","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/milltown-9781927882405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}