There are twins all over this novel by Mike Palacek: Minneapolis and St. Paul, a.k.a. the Twin Cities; the Minnesota Twins baseball team and its own odd twin-pair, the memory of Metropolitan Stadium and the reality of the Metrodome; and a pair of twin brothers, Jerry and Gerald Mars. Jerry is a revolutionary Catholic priest who literally robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Gerald is the warden of a federal penitentiary in downtown Minneapolis who runs the big house without regard for the rule of law and due process (habeus corpus, anyone?) and aspires to be Minnesota’s next governor on the strength of his ability to maintain law and order.
"Twins" is based in Mpls./St. Paul, with some scenes at the Mpls. Catholic Worker, where the author volunteered in 1979, along with St. Joseph's Home for Children and Branch II. More Here
Author Mike Palecek, once a seminarian at College of St. Thomas: went on to Leavenworth federal penitentiary, then to win Newspaper of the Year from the Minnesota Newspaper Association, then to become Iowa Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. House, Fifth District, and alas, to write novels.
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