The Patriot Act [Paperback]

Robin Polseno (Author)

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Publication Date: August 10, 2005

Returning to New York in the autumn of 2002, after seven tranquil years passed as an expatriate guitarist living in Mexico, Patrick Pellegrino once again takes up the hectic pace of a hotshot musician with a hit Broadway musical, while being confronted with the enormous changes wrought in the city—as well as the country as a whole—by the gut-wrenching events of September 11, 2001. So much has changed since Patrick left New York, not the least of which is the topsy-turvy geo-political makeup of the post-Cold War world, but what becomes most apparent on his return to his homeland is the fact that The Patriot Act had morphed into so much more than a well-meaning piece of legislation behind color-coded terrorism alerts. To a civil libertarian with a mindset forged in the tumultuous 1960s, it seems to confuse the public more than protect the populace, and Patrick is about to get a crash course in constitutional rights when he makes a rhetorical—if unabashedly intemperate—comment about the state of politics in the new millennium on his cell phone. And being taken away in handcuffs by a grim-faced squad of FBI agents is only the beginning of his nightmare.

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About the Author

Robin Polseno is a musician, composer and writer. He has been a professional guitarist for more than thirty years, performing Broadway shows, orchestral and chamber music concerts, as well as in resort hotels all over the United States and Latin America. He lives in New York City & Yucatan, Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595360882
• ISBN-13: 978-0595360888
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,821,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Patriot Act is inspiring, September 8, 2005

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This review is from: The Patriot Act (Paperback)

The Patriot Act is a very intelligent, well-written political-legal thriller that has a brisk pace, even in the courtroom scenes that tend to be a little tedious in other legal dramas. The author has crafted a story filled with complex characters whose actions are not only believable but often very moving. It is a story that begins by being humorous in an edgy, off-beat sort of way, and ends up being terrifying in its implications regarding the erosion of our constitutional rights under the Bush administrations leviathon "war on terror." This book will not change any minds, politically speaking, but for those who are already of the mind that the neocons with which George Bush has surrounded himself are a rather puffed-up, dangerous lot, this book is required reading