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Union Atlantic : A Novel (Lambda Literary Award)
by Adam Haslett
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Overview
From the acclaimed author of Imagine Me Gone and the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not A Stranger Here, a stunning, masterful portrait of our modern gilded age.
At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a retired history teacher, Charlotte Graves--who has suddenly begun to hear her two dogs speaking to her in the voices of Cotton Mather and Malcolm X--and an ambitious young banker, Doug Fanning, who is building an ostentatious mansion on what was once Charlotte's family land. Drawn into the conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school student who stirs powerful emotions in both of them. What emerges is a riveting story of financial power, the defense of tradition, and the distortions of desire these forces create. With remarkable scope and precision, Union Atlantic delivers a striking vision of the violent, anxious world we've come to inhabit.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307388292
- ISBN-10: 0307388298
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: February 2011
- Dimensions: 7.93 x 5.34 x 0.82 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.62 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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