Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Oates recreates the notorious Tawana Brawley case — with an Al Sharpton-like character fanning the flames of fraud — in her explosive new novel "The Sacrifice" (Ecco Press), coming out later this month.
Oates moves the story from Newburgh to the fictional town of Pascayne, NJ, where her "heroine," 15-year-old Sybilla Frye, is found in the cellar of an old fish factory beaten up, hog-tied and covered in dog feces with racial epithets written upside-down on her body.
Many parallels exist between the novel and the Brawley case, including the accusations leveled against white cops for the crimes and the later appearance of a charismatic minister who rushes to the girl's side.
In the novel, the Sharpton character is called Rev. Marus Mudrick, a vain and greedy agitator who tells Sybilla that he will crusade for her cause.
As Mudrick stirs up the media and spirits Sybilla and her mother to a safe house in Montclair, NJ, black celebrities rally around her — and write large checks.
In one trenchant scene, Mike Tyson drives up and, seeing the vulnerable, confused Sybilla, gives her his Rolex watch.
Beaming, the girl shows the watch to her mother, but Mudrick interrupts their joy, his hand out.
Oates writes:
"Rev'end, Mike Tyson give this to me. He did!"
Sybilla spoke in a childish whine.
"Sybilla, that is untrue," Mudrick says. "Mike Tyson's press agent and I conferred on this issue, and it was agreed, if Tyson saw you, he would leave a 'donation' to the fund. And I will take that, now."
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