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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 0312420145
- EAN
- 9780312420147
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Twenty-Seventh City
- Artist
- Franzen, Jonathan
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312420145
ISBN-13
9780312420147
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1960186
Product Key Features
Book Title
Twenty-Seventh City
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Political
Publication Year
2001
Features
Revised
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
88-003980
Reviews
A startling, scathing first novel about American ambition, power, politics, money, corruption and apathy., Franzen goes for broke here--he's out to expose the soul of a city and all the bloody details of the way we live . . . Franzen has written a book of range, pith, intelligence., He has the kind of ability that can take what one would have thought the most mundane of cities and render it as an utterly persuasive labyrinth of mystery and meaning., Mr. Franzen has proved with this immodestly ambitious first novel that he has talent to spare. His is a worthwhile entertainment, this picaresque tale the principal vagabond of which is its own sinuous plot., "A novel so imaginatively and expansively of our times that it seems ahead of them."-Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times "A startling, scathing first novel about American ambition, power, politics, money, corruption and apathy."-Jeff Jarvis, People "Franzen has managed to put together a suspense story with the elements of a complex, multilayered psychological novel . . . A riveting piece of fiction that lingers in the mind long after more conventional potboilers have bubbled away." -Peter Andrews, The New York Times Book Review "Franzen goes for broke here--he's out to expose the soul of a city and all the bloody details of the way we live . . . Franzen has written a book of range, pith, intelligence."-Margo Jefferson, Vogue "A weird hybrid of realism and fantasy: municipal science fiction. Everything proceeds from a daring, outrageously unlikely premise."-Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker "Mr. Franzen has proved with this immodestly ambitious first novel that he has talent to spare. His is a worthwhile entertainment, this picaresque tale the principal vagabond of which is its own sinuous plot."-Donna Rifkind, The Wall Street Journal "Unsettling and visionary . . . The Twenty-Seventh City is not a novel that can be quickly dismissed or easily forgotten: it has elements of both 'Great' and "American' . . . A book of memorable characters, surprising situations, and provocative ideas."-Michele Slung, The Washington Post "Franzen's tour de force (to call it a 'first novel' is to do it an injustice) is a sinister fun-house-mirror reflection of urban America in the 1980s . . . There's a lot of reality out there. The Twenty-Seventh City, in its larger-than-life way, is a brave and exhilarating attempt to master it."-Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times "He has the kind of ability that can take what one would have thought the most mundane of cities and render it as an utterly persuasive labyrinth of mystery and meaning."-Mark Feeney, The Boston Sunday Globe "An imaginative and riveting examination of our flawed society. The Twenty-Seventh City provides a rare blend of entertainment and profound social commentary."-Christine Vogel, Chicago Sun-Times, Franzen's tour de force (to call it a 'first novel' is to do it an injustice) is a sinister fun-house-mirror reflection of urban America in the 1980s . . . There's a lot of reality out there. The Twenty-Seventh City, in its larger-than-life way, is a brave and exhilarating attempt to master it., An imaginative and riveting examination of our flawed society. The Twenty-Seventh City provides a rare blend of entertainment and profound social commentary., Franzen has managed to put together a suspense story with the elements of a complex, multilayered psychological novel . . . A riveting piece of fiction that lingers in the mind long after more conventional potboilers have bubbled away., "A novel so imaginatively and expansively of our times that it seems ahead of them." -- Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times "A startling, scathing first novel about American ambition, power, politics, money, corruption and apathy." -- Jeff Jarvis, People "Franzen has managed to put together a suspense story with the elements of a complex, multilayered psychological novel . . . A riveting piece of fiction that lingers in the mind long after more conventional potboilers have bubbled away." -- Peter Andrews, The New York Times Book Review "Franzen goes for broke here--he's out to expose the soul of a city and all the bloody details of the way we live . . . Franzen has written a book of range, pith, intelligence." -- Margo Jefferson, Vogue "A weird hybrid of realism and fantasy: municipal science fiction. Everything proceeds from a daring, outrageously unlikely premise." -- Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker "Mr. Franzen has proved with this immodestly ambitious first novel that he has talent to spare. His is a worthwhile entertainment, this picaresque tale the principal vagabond of which is its own sinuous plot." -- Donna Rifkind, The Wall Street Journal "Unsettling and visionary . . . The Twenty-Seventh City is not a novel that can be quickly dismissed or easily forgotten: it has elements of both 'Great' and "American' . . . A book of memorable characters, surprising situations, and provocative ideas." -- Michele Slung, The Washington Post "Franzen's tour de force (to call it a 'first novel' is to do it an injustice) is a sinister fun-house-mirror reflection of urban America in the 1980s . . . There's a lot of reality out there. The Twenty-Seventh City, in its larger-than-life way, is a brave and exhilarating attempt to master it." -- Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times "He has the kind of ability that can take what one would have thought the most mundane of cities and render it as an utterly persuasive labyrinth of mystery and meaning." -- Mark Feeney, The Boston Sunday Globe "An imaginative and riveting examination of our flawed society. The Twenty-Seventh City provides a rare blend of entertainment and profound social commentary." -- Christine Vogel, Chicago Sun-Times, A weird hybrid of realism and fantasy: municipal science fiction. Everything proceeds from a daring, outrageously unlikely premise., Unsettling and visionary . . . The Twenty-Seventh City is not a novel that can be quickly dismissed or easily forgotten: it has elements of both 'Great' and "American' . . . A book of memorable characters, surprising situations, and provocative ideas.
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, The Twenty-Seventh City shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy., St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, "The Twenty-Seventh City" shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.
LC Classification Number
PS3556.R352T8 1988
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