The Cold Millions - Couverture rigide

Walter, Jess

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 024137457X ISBN 13 : 9780241374573

Editeur : Viking, 2021

Synopsis

'A beautiful, lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American history. Jess Walter is a national treasure' Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
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It is 1909 in Spokane, Washington. The Dolan brothers are living by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. When Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, her passion sweeps him into the world of protest and dirty business. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all . . .

The Cold Millions is an intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early 20th century America. Jess Walter offers a stunning, kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, dreams and reality, in a sensational tale that resonates powerfully with our own time.
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'A work of irresistible characters, harrowing adventures and rip-roaring fun . . . One of the most captivating novels of the year' Washington Post

'Stunning' San Francisco Chronicle

'Warm and deeply humane, this transporting novel is a staggering achievement from a landmark writer' Esquire

'A vivid, propulsive, historical novel with a politically explosive backdrop that reverberates through our own' USA Today

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets and The Cold Millions. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama's books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 024137457X
• ISBN 13: 9780241374573
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible