Halcyon: A novel
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- Synopsis
- A daring new novel, at once timely and timeless, set around an American family and the ever-shifting sands of history and memory and legacy that define them (&“An expert juggling act.&” —Stephen Markley, New York Times Book Review)Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the Virginia estate of renowned lawyer, family patriarch, and World War II hero Robert Ableson. It&’s 2004, and Gore is entering his second term as president, when news breaks that scientists have discovered a cure for death. Suddenly, Martin is forced to question everything he thought he understood about the world around him. Who is Ableson, really? Why has Martin been drawn into the Ablesons&’ most closely guarded family secrets? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil?From pivotal elections to crumbling marriages, from the Civil War to the Battle of Saipan, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 256 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593321638
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593321621
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 08/23/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Penguin Random House
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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