THE EMPEROR OF SHOES finds a young man, Alex Cohen, taking over for his father at running the family shoe factory in China, only to discover that the workers are being exploited, the regulatory system has failed them, and his father had been paying bribes to the government. When he meets a young woman working at the factory who is an ardent labor leader fighting for worker's rights, he must decide whether to keep his loyalty to his father and the generations before them that built their business, or to support the pro-democratic revolt fomenting on his factory floor.
THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Spencer Wise on the title page at the store. It is a new, unread first edition opened only for signing and comes with a certificate authenticating the signature. Published in June, 2018 by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of Harpercollins.
SPENCER WISE and his writing have appeared in Narrative magazine, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Florida Review, and New Ohio Review. He is the recipient of the 2017 Gulf Coast Prize in nonfiction and a Vermont Studio Center fellowship. He has a PhD from Florida State University in creative writing and teaches at Augusta University. Thank you Spencer Wise for signing our books.
