A Los Angeles Times bestseller A CrimeReads 2019 most
anticipated/best book Set against two distinct epochs in the
history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells the parallel stories
of a young inventor and his clairvoyant dog in 1913 and 1993. In
both lives, they are drawn to the landmark Colorado Street Bridge,
or "Suicide Bridge," as the locals call it, which suffered a lethal
collapse during construction but still opened to fanfare in the
early twentieth century automobile age. When the refurbished
structure commemorates its 80th birthday, one of the planet's best
known small towns is virtually unrecognizable from its
romanticized, and somewhat invented, past. Wrought with warmth and
wit, Jacobs' debut novel digs into Pasadena's most mysterious
structure and the city itself. In their exploits around what was
then America's highest, longest roadway, Nick Chance and his impish
mutt interact with some of the big personalities from the
Progressive Age, including Teddy Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Charles
Fletcher Lummis, and Lilly and Adolphus Busch, whose gardens were
once tabbed the "eighth wonder of the world." They cavort and often
sow chaos at Cawston Ostrich Farm, the Mount Lowe Railway, the
Hotel Green and even the Doo Dah Parade. But it's the secrets and
turmoil around the concrete arches over the Arroyo Seco, and what
it means for Nick's destiny, that propels this story of fable
versus fact. While unearthing the truth about the Colorado Street
Bridge, in all its eye-catching grandeur and unavoidable darkness,
the characters of Arroyo paint a vivid picture of how the home of
the Rose Bowl got its dramatic start.
General
Imprint: |
Rare Bird Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2023 |
Authors: |
Chip Jacobs
|
Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With dust jacket / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64428-028-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-64428-028-0 |
Barcode: |
9781644280287 |
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