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Name: Defiance
Author: John Patrick Shanley

Defiance is set on a United States Marine Corps base in North Carolina in 1971. Two officers, one black and one white, are on a collision course over race, women and the high cost of doing the right thing

First publish date: 2006

Authors: John Patrick Shanley

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