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Incident on Summit Avenue A Suspense Thriller
It is June 1990.
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About Incident on Summit Avenue A Suspense Thriller
It is June 1990. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, fears that his policies of glasnost-openness-will cause the union to split apart. The Berlin Wall fell in the past November. His political rival, Boris Yeltsin, appears to be gaining popularity. On a cold day Gorbachev comes to Minnesota, in the American heartland, for a historic visit. A product of the Russian countryside himself, Gorbachev is happy to be free of the intrigues of Washington, D.C. and Moscow for a day. But he will face an encounter with Zack Pedersen, a troubled youth from South Dakota, on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, that will remain in his memory forever. Zack's mother has been turning tricks in the trailer since his dad left, and after being bullied at school by the son of one, he decides to shoot the father next time he comes over. This suspense thriller follows the stories of Zack Pedersen and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev that lead them to this fateful moment. The story is a blend of "The Hunger Games" and John le Carre.
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