A Naked Singularity Author:Sergio De La Pava Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender--tellingly has never lost a trial. Never. But then Casi suffers his first loss at trial and his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack. His world then slowly devolves, through crime and courts, immigrant families and ... more »urban blight, media savagery and media satire, scatology and boxing, and a breathless heist. He seeks to reduce the sting of his defeat by using inside information to meticulously plan and execute a heist of illicit millions. Where said actions will not only come to the attention of a persistent police detective but also unleash a menacing giant bent on violent revenge--two pursuers Casi must then outrace while navigating a world expanded by theoretical physics to encompass the rise and fall of boxer Wilfred Benitez, Alabama's death row, psych experiments involving Ralph Kramden, and enough comedic energy to power the stars. A Naked Singularity exposes the feeling of surfeit, brokenness, and exhaustion that permeates our civic and cultural life and reveals the extent of the gap between justice and the law, and lands firmly on the side of those who are forever getting the law.« less