Outskirts Press, INC.

A Story That Transcends History’s Pages

In 1968, shortly after Martin Luther King’s assassination, young Lester Gold is drawn into signing a statement that implicates Salim Johnson, a leader in Trenton’s African-American community, in the murder of Lester’s father. The journey Lester must undergo to discover the true killer forces him to question his deepest allegiances, his faith, and his abiding love for the father who treated every person with humanity and respect. “An act of perjury leads to years of struggle and heartache in this debut novel. . . . A bildungsroman that convincingly evokes a turbulent era.” — Kirkus Reviews “A gripping novel, set in the racial hotbed of Trenton during the 1960s and 1970s, Stark’s story is true to the racial tensions of today.” — Edith Savage Jennings, Civil Rights marcher, decorated activist, and close friend of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King “This novel brings to life the lost world of our predominately Jewish neighborhood and Trenton’s Jewish, Italian and African-American characters.” —Herb Spiegel, Trenton businessman, professor and historian