FICTION

Visible Empire

by Hannah Pittard

Houghton Harcourt. Jun. 2018. 288p. ISBN 9780544748064. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780544748989. LITERARY

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I admired Pittard's Listen to Me, an intensely telescoped tale of marital crisis, so I'm anticipating this fictional look at the horrific 1962 crash of Paris-to-Atlanta Air France Flight 007. Over 100 of Atlanta's cultural leaders were lost, and Atlanta-born Pittard chronicles the reactions of city residents from the mayor to a teenager denied admission to an integrated school wondering what might change.

Reviewed by Staff , Jan 01, 2018

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