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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ?_~A masterpiece?_T New York Times ?_~Stupendous, magnificent, unforgettable, witty and rich. A great American novel?_T Spectator From the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections comes a darkly comedic novel about family, now hailed as an American classic. They had been the perfect family: liberal gentrifiers, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. But the Berglunds are struggling to live in an ever more confusing world. Walter, an environmental lawyer and commuter cyclist, has taken a job with Big Coal. Patty, the ideal hands-on mother and wife, is growing unhinged in front of the neighbours?_T attentive eyes. Their son has moved in with the Republican family next door, and Richard Katz, outrAc rocker and Walter?_Ts best friend and rival, has re-entered their lives. ?_~Writing in prose that dazzles, Franzen has now written the two novels that best define modern America?_T Independent ?_~A masterpiece. Franzen skewers the particularity of modern life and love like no one else?_T Daily Telegraph
Binding: Paperback / softback
Binding: Paperback / softback