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The Cold Millions (Paperback)
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The Cold Millions (Paperback)
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List price R215
Loot Price R172
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'A beautiful, lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American
history...funny and harrowing, sweet and violent, innocent and
experienced; it walks a dozen tightropes' Anthony Doerr, author of
All the Light We Cannot See
_____________________________________________ 1909. Spokane,
Washington. The Dolan brothers are living by their wits, jumping
freight trains and lining up for work at crooked job agencies.
While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his
dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world, fighting
alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. But
then Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
and her passion sweeps him into the world of protest and dirty
business. As a storm starts brewing, questions of love, sacrifice,
brotherhood and betrayal emerge, threatening to overwhelm them all.
. . The Cold Millions is at once an intimate story and a stunning,
kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between
rich and poor, dreams and reality. Set against the panoramic
backdrop of an early 20th century America, Jess Walter offers a
sensational tale that resonates powerfully with our own time.
___________________________________________ 'A brilliantly
multifaceted panorama of early 20th-century America...Walter is a
writer whose work deserves a wide readership' Sunday Times 'A work
of irresistible characters, harrowing adventures and rip-roaring
fun . . . One of the most captivating novels of the year'
Washington Post
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