9780812983395 - The Locals: A Novel di Dee, Jonathan (26 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Summons up a small American town at precisely the right moment in our history . . . a bold, vital, and view-expanding novel.George SaundersA rural working-class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this inspired novel for our timesfiction in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Jennifer Egan.A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Mark Firth is a contractor and home restorer in Howland, Massachusetts, who feels opportunity passing his family by. After being swindled by a financial advisor, what future can Mark promise his wife, Karen, and their young daughter, Haley? He finds himself envying the wealthy weekenders in his community whose houses sit empty all winter. Philip Hadi used to be one of these people. But in the nervous days after 9/11 he flees New York and hires Mark to turn his Howland home into a year-round secure location from which he can manage billions of dollars of other peoples money. The collision of these two mens very different worldsrural vs. urban, middle class vs. wealthyis the engine of Jonathan Dees powerful new novel. Inspired by Hadi, Mark looks around for a surefire investment: the mid-decade housing boom. Over Karens objections, and teaming up with his troubled brother, Gerry, Mark starts buying up local property with cheap debt. Then the towns first selectman dies suddenly, and Hadi volunteers for office. He soon begins subtly transforming Howland in his imagewith unexpected results for Mark and his extended family. Here are the dramas of twenty-first-century Americarising inequality, working class decline, a new authoritarianismplayed out in the classic setting of some of our greatest novels: the small town. The Locals is that rare work of fiction capable of capturing a fraught American moment in real time. Praise for The LocalsAfter 9/11, New York hedge fund billionaire Philip Hadi retreats to his summer home in the Berkshires. In thrall to his new town, he runs for office to keep it sleepy, sweet and free from tax hikes. Is he benevolent, arrogant or both? No one gets off the moral hook in this propulsive, brilliantly observed study.People (Book of the Week) Thoughtful . . . [Jonathan Dees] prescient sensitivity has never been more unnerving. . . . Amid the heat of todays vicious political climate, The Locals is a smoke alarm. Listen up.Ron Charles, The Washington Post "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2017" -- Title page verso. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Summons up a small American town at precisely the right moment in our history . . . a bold, vital, and view-expanding novel.George SaundersA rural working-class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this inspired novel for our timesfiction in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Jennifer Egan.A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Mark Firth is a contractor and home restorer in Howland, Massachusetts, who feels opportunity passing his family by. After being swindled by a financial advisor, what future can Mark promise his wife, Karen, and their young daughter, Haley? He finds himself envying the wealthy weekenders in his community whose houses sit empty all winter. Philip Hadi used to be one of these people. But in the nervous days after 9/11 he flees New York and hires Mark to turn his Howland home into a year-round secure location from which he can manage billions of dollars of other peoples money. The collision of these two mens very different worldsrural vs. urban, middle class vs. wealthyis the engine of Jonathan Dees powerful new novel. Inspired by Hadi, Mark looks around for a surefire investment: the mid-decade housing boom. Over Karens objections, and teaming up with his troubled brother, Gerry, Mark starts buying up local property with cheap debt. Then the towns first selectman dies suddenly, and Hadi volunteers for office. He soon begins subtly transforming Howland in his imagewith unexpected results for Mark and his extended family. Here are the dramas of twenty-first-century Americarising inequality, working class decline, a new authoritarianismplayed out in the classic setting of some of our greatest novels: the small town. The Locals is that rare work of fiction capable of capturing a fraught American moment in real time. Praise for The LocalsAfter 9/11, New York hedge fund billionaire Philip Hadi retreats to his summer home in the Berkshires. In thrall to his new town, he runs for office to keep it sleepy, sweet and free from tax hikes. Is he benevolent, arrogant or both? No one gets off the moral hook in this propulsive, brilliantly observed study.People (Book of the Week) Thoughtful . . . [Jonathan Dees] prescient sensitivity has never been more unnerving. . . . Amid the heat of todays vicious political climate, The Locals is a smoke alarm. Listen up.Ron Charles, The Washington Post "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2017" -- Title page verso. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Jonathan Dee is the author of six previous novels, most recently A Thousand Pardons. His novel The Privileges was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize and winner of the 2011 Prix Fitzgerald and the St. Francis College Literary Prize. .

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Summons up a small American town at precisely the right moment in our history . . . a bold, vital, and view-expanding novel.'-George SaundersA rural working-class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this inspired novel for our times-fiction in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Jennifer Egan.A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Mark Firth is a contractor and home restorer in Howland, Massachusetts, who feels opportunity passing his family by. After being swindled by a financial advisor, what future can Mark promise his wife, Karen, and their young daughter, Haley He finds himself envying the wealthy weekenders in his community whose houses sit empty all winter. Philip Hadi used to be one of these people. But in the nervous days after 9/11 he flees New York and hires Mark to turn his Howland home into a year-round 'secure location' from which he can manage billions of dollars of other people's money. The collision of these two men's very different worlds-rural vs. urban, middle class vs. wealthy-is the engine of Jonathan Dee's powerful new novel. Inspired by Hadi, Mark looks around for a surefire investment: the mid-decade housing boom. Over Karen's objections, and teaming up with his troubled brother, Gerry, Mark starts buying up local property with cheap debt. Then the town's first selectman dies suddenly, and Hadi volunteers for office. He soon begins subtly transforming Howland in his image-with unexpected results for Mark and his extended family. Here are the dramas of twenty-first-century America-rising inequality, working class decline, a new authoritarianism-played out in the classic setting of some of our greatest novels: the small town. The Locals is that rare work of fiction capable of capturing a fraught American moment in real time. Praise for The Locals'After 9/11, New York hedge fund billionaire Philip Hadi retreats to his summer home in the Berkshires. In thrall to his new town, he runs for office to keep it sleepy, sweet and free from tax hikes. Is he benevolent, arrogant or both No one gets off the moral hook in this propulsive, brilliantly observed study.'-People (Book of the Week) 'Thoughtful . . . [Jonathan Dee's] prescient sensitivity has never been more unnerving. . . . Amid the heat of today's vicious political climate, The Locals is a smoke alarm. Listen up.'-Ron Charles, The Washington Post.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Locals | A Novel | Jonathan Dee | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2018 | Random House Publishing Group | EAN 9780812983395 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.