{"product_id":"testimony-9781947492547","title":"Testimony","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Lazare | Sarah Lazare\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Strong Arm Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strong Arm Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Amateur Sleuth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 2002--the height of the War on Terror panic--and Sam, a life-long, left-wing radical, has had enough. He finally decides to stow his black ski mask and move to the uneventful mid-sized city of Springfield, Illinois to settle down and sell out as a gas utility regulator. His plans to coast and collect a check, however, are complicated when the pipe of a major gas provider he's tasked with overseeing explodes, killing a school janitor and sending an overfunded security apparatus and into full-on John Milius mode--looking for terrorists who aren't there and using \"Homeland\" authority to mask their self-dealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, Sam discovers the real problem isn't outside threats, but a culture of casual negligence and an opaque system of \"charity\" and \"public-private partnership\" that diverts money away from public safety and into the pockets of government and corporate higher-ups. With the help of a sarcastic local reporter, a kind but jaded office chum, and a mix of other outcasts, Sam realizes that \"going with the flow\" may come at too high a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTestimony isn't about One Great Man taking on the system, but about one okay, flawed person working with a rag-tag team of other okay, flawed people to combat a system of cynicism and greed much bigger than them. Testimony is a sardonic political noir about corporate regulatory capture, a mid-size city finding meaning in security theater, and reluctant rediscovery of lost idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451128074391,"sku":"9781947492547","price":1958.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781947492547.webp?v=1769135843","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/testimony-9781947492547","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}