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The Family Hightower (Hardcover): Brian Francis Slattery

The Family Hightower (Hardcover)

Brian Francis Slattery

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In 1968 two boys are born into a large family, both named for their grandfather, Peter Henry Hightower. One boy--Peter--grows up in Africa and ends up a journalist in Granada. The other--Petey--becomes a minor criminal, first in Cleveland and then in Kiev. In 1995, Petey runs afoul of his associates and disappears. But the criminals, bent on revenge, track down the wrong cousin, and the Peter in Granada finds himself on the run. He bounces from one family member to the next, piecing together his cousin's involvement in international crime while learning the truth about his family's complicated history. Along the way the original Peter Henry Hightower's story is revealed, until it catches up with that of his children, revealing how Peter and Petey have been living in their grandfather's shadow all along.
The novel takes a look at capitalism and organized crime in the 20th century, the legend of the self-made man, and what money can do to people. Like Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex, The Family Hightower" stretches across both generations and continents, bearing the weight of family secrets and the inevitable personal toll they take on loved ones despite our best intentions.

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Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2014
First published: September 2014
Authors: Brian Francis Slattery
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 978-1-60980-563-0
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
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LSN: 1-60980-563-1
Barcode: 9781609805630

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