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Visions, Voices & Violence
A Fictional Memoir
About the Book
As a fictional memoir, Zahn Pesh tells the true story of a mentally disabled young man Billy, known affectionately as Vaney, and Billy's run-in with the San Francisco police. Often using Billy's speak, the youth's arcane lingo, the author reveals society's neglect and injustices toward such individuals.
The Story
Wrongly, Billy is accused of making terrorist threats against a paramedic, but few other than Pesh believe the disabled kid's story. Avoiding the blame game, Pesh shows how each from personal perspective does his duty, indiscriminately, but nonetheless Billy, or Vaney, suffers because the system fails. Billy is treated like a criminal, not as a patient, which Pesh insists he is.
Author's Perspective
Try as he might, Pesh only meagerly reforms that system, before . . .
