Freedomland
Book description
An injured woman stumbles into an inner-city hospital with a horrifying story: she has just been carjacked by a man who was apparently unaware that her son was asleep on the back seat. As a search ensues, a shrewd detective and an ambitious young reporter smell a hoax and begin…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Freedomland as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The author, Richard Price, is a street reporter trapped in the body of a novelist. He takes firsthand observation and research on life in urban America and spins it into incredibly realistic and moving works of fiction.
Freedomland, my favorite of his novels, was inspired by the case of Susan Smith, who blamed the disappearance of her two sons on a fictitious black carjacker.
Though billed as a crime novel, it is also absolutely a horror story—and it’s fantastic.
From Matt's list on horror books that offer more than just a good scare.
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