Creation Lake: A Novel

But the mystery of what happened to the Neanderthal and his humbler life is unresolved. Some event, such as the killing of an unarmed young man by police, would spark a revolt, and people would rise up, torch automobiles, occupy public buildings, and set up barricades to fight the state. The pedagogical principles were punishment and cruelty, which brought Bruno back to his own childhood, fighting bare-knuckled to survive in the reformatory. The article suggested that among the documents was exculpatory evidence of illegal government surveillance by an undercover agent known by the alias “Amy.” In having screwed over Nancy and the boy, “Amy” was a symptom of government intrusion, in the form of spying and worse.