Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, (Paperback)

from Beamis12

In this powerfully written novel Yap takes the reader into the heart of the WTO protests of the 1999 held in Seattle. I remember watching scenes of this on the news, wondering how this could be happening, wondering why. This book takes a more personal slant by introducing us to a few different ch...

from KLmesoftly

Imperfect yet stunning - had my heart in its fist from page one. It's about several characters (a mix of protesters and police, and a Sri Lankan diplomat) in Seattle during the 1999 WTO protests, and a bit of a fairy tale - one of those novels (which I love when done well) that thrives on coincid...

from c.archer

This is a fictionalized account of the very real 1999, Seattle protests of the World Trade Organization's international meeting. The action takes place in a day, but the author takes us into each of the characters past with looks back at what has brought them here to this time and place. Because ...

from Welsh_eileen2

Set in Seattle 1999 at the time of the World Trade Organisation protests, this is a very powerful fictional account of Victor, a homeless man walking the streets estranged from his father.This is also the story of other characters that make up the protesters and lawmakers and their roles in the r...

from LynnB

I took this off the TBR shelves and wondered why I'd bought it...it didn't seem like my kind of book. Bu once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. This is the story of the protests against the WTO meetings in Seattle in 1999. It it told from various perspective, including the protesters, the po...