Reviews for Ion channels in the cardiovascular system

The average rating for Ion channels in the cardiovascular system based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-10-05 00:00:00 Edgar Sosa Corona This John Williams deserves a renaissance of his work as much as the John Williams who wrote Stoner. I don't know why this author and book aren't better known. I first read this book 14 years ago, but my copy then was called One For New York. Steve Hill, a Black writer returns to New York in the 1950s after finding it impossible to get work in Los Angeles. Williams shows with amazing clarity how relentlessly difficult it was for Blacks to get jobs, housing, or just walk down the street. The only job related to Steve Hill's chosen field that he can find is working for a vanity press where they know they can underpay him to do a job that turns out to be more about perpetuating a con game on unsuspecting "authors" desperate to get their work into print. Embodied in Steve's boss, the inclusion of gay stereotypes of the day and the trope of the predatory gay man is kind of jarring to read in 2020, but it certainly does highlight the fact that white gay men don't always connect the dots between their own oppression and the oppression of others. (Not to mention Williams' own challenge at the time making the connection between his oppression and the oppression of gays. As much as inclusion of the gay boss makes that point, it doesn't necessarily feel like Williams' intentions in that regard were deliberate.) An emotional, enlightening slice of life in 1950s Manhattan. Well worth your time.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-15 00:00:00 Samm Ringgenberg "revolution" is chasing white women, i guess...