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Fire Sale
by Sara Paretsky
Yesterday an ordinace passed in the Chicago City Council – it was called the Big Box Bill – and raised the minimum wage of employees working for vendors of a certain *size*.
It also raised hackles galore all over town and brought out the best of the Windy Politician who fights for the right with posturing only born of the Land of Big Shoulders.
I worked on this story right after finishing Fire Sale and have to say I was struck dumb by the lucidity of Paretsky once again.
Like her dectective/basketball coach character, she nails it off the backboard and takes you on a trip like no other. The Crew: a big-box company intent on swallowing up a distressed neighborhood; a fundamentalist minister/community activist who is everywhere and ultlimately no where; a Southside Girl’s Basketball team who embody the urban teen experiece honestly and often, painfully; and Warshawki herself, thrown together with a Euro journalist whose pandering feminine wiles get her big results, making Warshawki wonder if changing her pit dog stylings might not life a little easier.
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