Citizen Vince

Summary

Vince Camden, a small time crook hiding in Spokane under witness protection, has just earned the right to vote for the first time as the 1980 presidential election approaches and his past comes looking for him. Walter blends a fast moving crime story with a meditation on second chances, citizenship, and what it means to belong, set against the Carter and Reagan contest. The result is funny, philosophical, and surprisingly tender for a book about a man marked for death.