Milwaukee: A major American industrial city brought to its knees by globalization and segregation.
Janssen Gee: A solitary black man, a lifelong Milwaukee resident, driven to crime by unemployment and hopelessness. Janssen Gee stumbles onto a kind of wealth not easily converted to currency, a kind of wealth infinitely more powerful than property, investments, or drugs.
Dominique Mills: A first-time novelist and long-time Milwaukee resident.
Worried Man Blues: The explosive story of Janssen Gee's life-threatening pursuit of wealth, transcendence, love, and freedom.
