The Crowning Achievement From The Preeminent Writer Of His Generation: Following Brightness Falls And The Good Life, Bright, Precious Things Builds On A Series Increasingly Akin To John Updike's Rabbit Novels But With A Long-standing If Weathered Couple At Its Heart. Russell And Corrine Calloway Seem To Be Living The New York Dream: Book Parties One Night And High-society Charity Events The Next; Jobs They Care About (and Actually Enjoy); Twin Children, A Boy And A Girl Whose Birth Was Truly Miraculous; A Loft In Tribeca And Summers In The Hamptons. But All Of This Comes At A High Cost. Russell, An Independent Publisher, Has Cultural Clout But Minimal Cash; As He Navigates An Industry That Requires, Beyond Astute Literary Taste, Constant Financial Improvisation, He Encounters An Audacious, Expensive And Potentially Ruinous Opportunity. Meanwhile, Instead Of Seeking Personal Profit In This Incredibly Wealthy City, Corrine Is Devoted To Feeding Its Hungry Poor, And They Soon Discover They're Being Priced Out Of Their Now Fashionable Neighborhood. Then Corrine's World Is Turned Upside Down When The Man With Whom She'd Had An Ill-fated Affair In The Wake Of 9/11 Suddenly Reappears. As The Novel Unfolds Across A Period Of Stupendous Change Including Obama's Historic Election And The Global Economic Collapse He Inherited The Calloways Will Find Themselves And Their Marriage Tested More Severely Than They Ever Could Have Anticipated-- Jay Mcinerney.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Family Life
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Knopf
Author : McInerney, Jay
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2016-08-02
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1101948000
ISBN-13 : 9781101948002
Item weight : 1.6 lb
Dimensions : 1.7 in x 6.5 in x 9.1 in
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