The rich man's table
1st ed.
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Word Count
67,750 words, Guess
Page Count
271 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL701145M
- ISBN-100375400567
- OCLC Control Number37975542
- OCLC Control Numberrichmanstable00spen
- Library of Congress Control Number97049468
and 2 more
- Goodreads3294475
- LibraryThing1575994
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3569.P455 R53 1998
Description
The narrator is Billy Rothschild, who grows up obsessively searching for the father he never knew. He's nine when he discovers his father is Luke Fairchild, the most idolized and imitated folk-rock singer of his time, embraced as the truth-telling voice of his generation. Later Billy discovers that Esther (his mother) and Luke were the emblematic couple; a picture of them wrapped in each other's arms, walking down a rainy New York City street, graced the cover of Luke's most famous early album. Songs about Esther abound in the Fairchild songbook. Unacknowledged by Luke, tormented by the omnipresence of the Luke Fairchild legend, Billy seeks out everyone and anyone who can give him information. Billy becomes the chronicler of his father's life, and the story takes shape both as Billy's discovery of himself and as the biography of Luke Fairchild.
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