The brutal killing of black drifter Edgar Parlance ignites a destructive circus of the media, power politics, legal infighting, passion, and more for a rural midwestern town and the diverse characters involved--advocacy lawyer Teresa Kean, prosecutor J. J. McClure and his right-wing congresswoman wife, defense counsel Max Cline, and sociopathic supermodel Carlyle, half-sister of the accused. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.