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Opening a fraudulent spiritual center with her brother and their friend Ralph in coastal California, Chrysalis Moffat experiences unexpected success before discovering their father's secret past and its connection to Ralph's mysterious, gambling-marked world.
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“A possible cult hit.” (Time Out New York)
“A virtuoso performance [that] more than proves Newman a writer worth watching.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“Newman ...has a penetrating voice that could one day garner a devout following.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“A witty, imaginative debut from a young novelist with dazzling intellectual resources.” (Adrienne Miller, Esquire)
“A brilliantly wicked assessment of human nature.” (Dallas Morning News)
“David Lynch and Dave Eggers aficionados will find much to admire in this edgy, strange, and dazzling first novel” (Library Journal)
“[This] is a smart, big-hearted, hysterical and gorgeously rendered novel.” (Jerry Stahl, author of Plainclothes Naked and Permenant Midnight)
“Funny and moving, quirky and intelligent, and written in a fresh, original voice.” (Kate Atkinson, author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum and Emotionally Weird)
“Breathtaking writing...the dialogue is pitch-perfect, with laugh out loud lines...an exhilarating read.” (The Independent on Sunday)
“Original and powerful.” (Times Literary Supplement (London))
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Sandra Newman is the author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done, which was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. She is also the author of the novel Cake; the memoir, Changeling; How Not to Write a Novel, an irreverent how-to guide with Howard Mittelmark; and The Western Lit Survival Kit. She lives in New York.
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- EditoreHarpercollins
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0060514981
- ISBN 13 9780060514983
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine389
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. When Chrysalis Moffat and her brother Eddie inherit a mansion on the coast of California, Eddie hatches a plan to fleece credulous Californians of their cash by starting the fraudulent Tibetan School of Miracles. With Ralph as the would-be guru and miracle worker, the "school" quickly becomes more successful than anybody first imagined.But something else is happening. As Chrysalis begins to discover her adoptive father?s secret past, her own identity begins to unravel. Was it actually in Peru that she was born? What has the CIA got to do with it? Who is Denise Cadwallader? At the same time, Chrysalis is being drawn into Ralph?s strange and compelling world: a realm of mind-blowing coincidence, obsessive gambling, and mysterious siblings.It is rare that novels come as intelligent and as funny as this one. Newman reveals a subtle understanding of human nature and our philosophical dilemmas, while at the same time charting a hilarious roller-coaster ride through the flotsam of American pop culture: from Californian Buddhist retreats to the temples of gambling, from secret agents to UFOs, and then around the corner to the parking lot of the nearest 7-Eleven.At its core, The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done is a novel about self-discovery. As Chrysalis lays down the facts of her life, she gambles her identity against the contradictions, half-truths, and fables of her past, leading her ultimately to question what it is we can truly know, and whether it is fate or chance that dictates our lives. Codice articolo AMPLE0060514981
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