America America
A Novel
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Word Count
116,000 words, Guess
Page Count
464 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveamericaamerican000cani
- Internet Archiveamericaamericano0000cani
- Internet Archiveamericaamericano0000cani_f8n3
- Internet Archiveamericaamericano0000cani_d4g2
- ISBN-100679456805
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- ISBN-139780679456803
- Goodreads2217682
- LibraryThing4629129
- Library of Congress Control Number2008002341
- OCLC Control Number176952045
- Open LibraryOL11128962M
Classifications
- LCCPS3553.A495 A83 2008
Description
In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family's generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth. Ethan Canin's stunning novel is about America as it was and is, a remarkable exploration of how vanity, greatness, and tragedy combine to change history and fate.From the Hardcover edition.
Description
In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family's generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president of the United States. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth.
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