Publication

2014 - Atlantic Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivetriburbia0000gree
  • ISBN-100857897586
  • ISBN-139780857897589
  • ISBN-139780857897596
  • ISBN-100857897594
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813.6
  • LCCPS3607.R4536

Description

Thrown together by circumstance, a group of fathers—a sound engineer, a sculptor, a film producer, a chef, a memoirist, a gangster—meets each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. The sound engineer looks uncomfortably like the guy on the sex offender posters strewn around the neighborhood; the memoirist is on the verge of being outed for fabricating his experiences; and the narcissistic chef puts his quest for the perfect quail-egg frittata before his children's well-being. Over the course of a single school year, we are privy to their secrets, passions, and hopes, and learn of their dreams deferred as they confront harsh realities about ambition, wealth, and sex. And we meet their wives and children, who together with these men are discovering the hard truths and welcome surprises that accompany family, marriage, and real estate at midlife. Fascinatingly layered and multidimensional, these linked stories, arranged like puzzle pieces, create a powerful portrait of unlikely friends and their neighborhood in transition. Striking chords that range from haunting and heartbreaking to darkly funny and deeply poignant, Triburbia marks the start of a brilliant literary career.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • TriburbiaAtlantic Books2014

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