![]() Yapa also investigates the opposite side of the conflict, exploring the thoughts of two police officers and the Seattle police chief, Bishop, who happens to be Victor’s estranged father. Here, Victor meets King and John Henry, two other activists whose perspectives the narration adopts in other points of the novel. But he soon finds himself rallying to the activists’ cause and volunteering to be placed in lockdown, a circle of protesters chained together. Victor’s primary goal upon arriving at the World Trade Organization protest is to sell marijuana to the protesters. The book opens from the perspective of Victor, a biracial teenager who ran away from home and backpacked around the world. Throughout the novel, Yapa writes from the perspective of seven characters who humanize the concerns and beliefs of a diverse set of individuals. It documents the disruption of civil disobedience, while also exploring the interpersonal bonding that occurs when people come together to express their opinions. Yapa’s novel is set during the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests. In doing so, the author, who is a State College native, reminds readers of the value that comes from trying to understand one another. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sunil Yapa’s debut novel “Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist” breaks the mold of our current polarized political climate and examines a controversial moment in American history from multiple angles. ![]()
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