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The Patricide of George Benjamin Hill - A Novel (Hardcover)
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One of Pop Sugar's "10 BOOKS BY DEBUT AUTHORS TO WATCH." From a
powerful new literary voice, a sweeping epic of one family and the
destructive power of the American Dream. "A powerful debut novel
for fans of literary fiction and with special import for fathers
and soon-to-be fathers."-Library Journal All their lives, the
children of George Benjamin Hill have fought to escape the shadow
of their father, a dust-bowl orphan, self-made millionaire in
bedrock American capitalism (fast food and oil), and destroyer of
two families on his way to financial success. Now, they are
approaching middle age and ruin: A failed ex-minor league
ballplayer, divorced and mourning the death of his daughter in
Miami; a self-proclaimed CIA veteran, off his meds and deciphering
conspiracies in Manhattan; a Las Vegas showgirl turned old maid of
The Strip, trying to stay clean; and an Alaskan bush pilot, twice
un-indicted for manslaughter and recently thrown off his land by
the federal government. While their father takes his place at the
center of a national scandal, these estranged siblings find
themselves drawn from their four corners of the country, compelled
along crowded interstates by resentment and confusion, converging
on a 300-acre horse ranch outside Omaha for a final confrontation
with the father they never had. Migrating from the suburban
anonymity of 1950s San Bernardino, to the frozen end of the world
(Alaska circa 1976), and concluding in the background of one of the
most horrifying moments in American history, The Patricide of
George Benjamin Hill spans seventy years of life in America, from
the Great Depression to the age of corporate greed and terrorism.
It is a literary suspense novel about the decline and consequence
of patriarchal society. It is also an intricate family saga of
aspiration and betrayal.
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Imprint: |
Skyhorse Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2019 |
Authors: |
James Charlesworth
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
360 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5107-3179-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-5107-3179-2 |
Barcode: |
9781510731790 |
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