Jarrod Shanahan: Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage [2022] hardback Condition:New Passing through New York

Passing through New York

A book to pull at your heart

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GOOD LIAR

Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for his openness and understanding

as she is no longer safe at home

Jarrod Shanahan: Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage [2022] hardback Condition:New Passing through New YorkCaptives combines a thrilling narrative account of Rikers Island's descent into infamy with a dramatic retelling of the last seventy years of New York and American politics from the vantage point of its jails. It is a story of a crowded field of contending powers city bureaucrats and unions, black power activists and correction offices, crooked cops and elected leaders struggle for the right to run our cities, a story that culminates in the triumph of