I don't know if you've ever read John Hersey's book "The Algiers Motel Incident", but, having read that, I see some similarities with that with what you're doing here. Hersey wrote about a particular abuse of police power that ended tragically during the rioting in Detroit in 1967, but he took great pains to tell the story from all of the sides involved, and make the reader understand what was important about what happened. Significantly, he relied greatly on the same kind of long form interview format your narrator uses here.
Since school shootings have become to 21st century news what race riots once were to its mid-1960s counterpart, I thought I should note this connection.
It was reissued recently by an academic press (the first edition came out shortly after the events occurred), so it should be readily available in public libraries (I found it in mine) and online.
I don't know if you've ever read John Hersey's book "The Algiers Motel Incident", but, having read that, I see some similarities with that with what you're doing here. Hersey wrote about a particular abuse of police power that ended tragically during the rioting in Detroit in 1967, but he took great pains to tell the story from all of the sides involved, and make the reader understand what was important about what happened. Significantly, he relied greatly on the same kind of long form interview format your narrator uses here.
Since school shootings have become to 21st century news what race riots once were to its mid-1960s counterpart, I thought I should note this connection.
I have not read it, though now I'm thinking I should track down a copy!
It was reissued recently by an academic press (the first edition came out shortly after the events occurred), so it should be readily available in public libraries (I found it in mine) and online.