His education makes him an outsider, and his honesty makes him a threat to the corrupt cops. While the rookie cop with an Ivy League degree knows that change is difficult, the reality of fighting the establishment is making him different. Then,he meets a reform-minded cop who convinces Steve that to change the system, he has to get involved.Įager to make a difference, Steve decides to give up law school and join the city's police department. Weeks before his graduation, Steve's life is upended when National Guard troops kill four students at Kent State University. Fueled by a strong sense of moral justice, he wants to make the world better-a belief his girlfriend Roxy passionately shares. In the spring of 1970, Steve Logan, like college students across America, takes to the streets to protest authority and the Vietnam War. Wild World proves an extraordinarily powerful debut from Peter Rush.' -BookViral with the kind of narrative twists that prove wholly addictive. 'An intricate and captivating read throughout. '( Wild World) is so very pertinent to our time that reading it brings into sharp focus those flaws in our present political condition: change is not only possible, but inevitable.' -San Francisco Review of Books 'A deftly crafted and inherently engaging read from cover to cover, Wild World is an extraordinary and impressively entertaining read from beginning to end. well written and keeps your attention.' -Peace Corps Journal 'Wild World is a crime novel, a love story and a mystery all rolled into one. Even though it takes place during a time of protest to the Vietnam War, WILD WORLD could not be more timely. Rush brings the '70s to vivid life in his stunning debut novel WILD WORLD, a tour de force, both poetic and realistic, and based on his experiences as a student and police officer. Set against the backdrop of the protest era of the early 1970s, Wild World is a gripping novel about one tenacious young man whose determination to overturn the system holds unexpected consequences for his own life. Wild World is the Independent Press Award Winner 2018 for Debut Fiction!

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