MISSISSIPPI RECKONING
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KIRKUS REVIEWS

“In Zimmerman's riveting debut novel, an attorney takes a road trip as he grapples with guilt and seeks . . . to balance karmic scales with violence. . .  A stirring, well-constructed story . . .”


Los angeles review of books

“Punches the reader in the guts with intersecting stories of terrible violence . . .  The novel is gripping and harrowing, and what we experience through [the protagonist’s] eyes is deeply disturbing yet also revelatory.”

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

“A powerful novel . . .  Mississippi Reckoning is affecting and highly readable as it commingles fact and invention in artful ways. . . . Puts me in mind of James Ellroy's Los Angeles novels. “Mississippi Reckoning, while a work of fiction, also feels like a means of keeping faith.”


DIANE NASH, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, FREEDOM RIDER,
SNCC FOUNDER

“Gripping, wonderful story-telling. From his experiences as a civil rights worker and a death row attorney, Mitchell Zimmerman has given us a brilliant and heart-rending novel, a book that gives voice to victims of violence. An enthralling thriller . . . .
“Family saga, freedom song and cry for justice come together in Mississippi Reckoning, as a despairing man seeks vengeance for wrongs beyond his power to right.”

ERIC FONER, pulitzer-prize winning author of 'the fiery trial,'


'reconstruction' and 'the second founding'

“Rooted in history, this riveting novel strikingly illuminates our tortured racial past–and its legacy in the present.”

John Kirk, professor of history of

the civil rights movement


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“Surprising twists and turns, and a cliff-hanging denouement. A great read and a good way to learn some civil rights history along the way.”





federal JUdge thelton henderson, CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER

“Linking the story of a condemned man in current-day California with the story of the deep-southern horror from which that man emerged, Mitchell Zimmerman has crafted a heart-pounding, soul-wrenching narrative, in which the evils of a bygone era remain invisibly amongst us–shadows of past suffering, fostering the cruelest tragedies of today.”

The Champion

“Mississippi Reckoning’s road trip is a suspense-filled journey well worth following to its ending.”



mike farrell, STAR OF M*A*S*H

“A powerful book! A must-read! Mississippi Reckoning takes you on a trip that will leave you reeling–and thinking.”

mary e . king, author of 'freedom song'

“Compelling . . . Mitchell Zimmerman's grasp of the Mississippi landscape, his invocations of fear are well honed.”
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