The Train of Small Mercies - Couverture souple

Rowell, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0425247457 ISBN 13 : 9780425247457

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2012

Synopsis

In this stunning debut, David Rowell depicts disparate lives united in the extraordinary days that followed an American tragedy.

On June 8, 1968, as the train carrying Robert F. Kennedy’s body travels from New York City to Washington D.C., the nation mourns the loss of a dream. As citizens congregate along the tracks to pay their respects, Michael Colvert, a New Jersey sixth grader, sets out to see his first dead body. Delores King creates a tangle of lies to sneak away from her controlling husband. Just arrived in the nation’s capitol to interview for a nanny position with the Kennedy family, Maeve McDerdon must reconcile herself to an unknown future. Edwin Rupp’s inaugural pool party takes a backseat to the somber proceedings. Jamie West, a Vietnam vet barely out of high school, awaits a newspaper interview meant to restore his damaged self-esteem. And Lionel Chase arrives at Penn Station for his first day of work—a staggering assignment as a porter aboard RFK’s funeral train.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID ROWELL is an editor at The Washington Post Magazine and has taught literary journalism at American University. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and sons. This is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0425247457
• ISBN 13: 9780425247457
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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