It’s an election year.  Race riots tear Miami in two.  An international crisis spills tens of thousands of immigrants onto the streets.  Cocaine is suddenly measured in tons.  The murder rate doubles.  How do you save a city on fire?

“Utterly absorbing … startling … There is never a dull moment … It’s impossible to read Griffin’s timely and searing account without thinking about its implications for our current moment.”          –New York Times

“Absolutely astonishing … an irresistible gem of a topic.  You will not find a more readable, headlong, intoxicating, serious, funny, cautionary tale published this or any year.”
– Forbes Magazine

Published July 14, 2020 · 37 Ink Press