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Reviewed on July 10, 2015 | Fiction
In 2009, a group of Yale graduates move to Detroit, where classmate Robert James, a successful hedge fund manager-turned-community planner, is crafting his vision of urban revitalization. Buying houses in a blighted neighborhood, they begin rebuilding (and gentrifying) the area under the mistrustful eyes of the poor, black residents who have remained. Greg Marnier, a friend of James who's looking for a direction for his life, joins him, renovating a house ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More