Marylynn G. Hewitt

Alan Sussman, a street-smart college dropout from Detroit may be the most successful ad man that ever lived.

In the early morning hours, when time seems suspended, metro Detroit’s produce industry works overtime to meet the region’s insatiable demand for all things exotic.

Presumably murky characters who fence goods at high interest rates for people in need, pawnshop owners are riding the region's recent wave of misfortune with a measure of respect.