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The Cold Millions (Paperback)
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The Cold Millions (Paperback)
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List price R459
Loot Price R349
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You Save R110 (24%)
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"One of the most captivating novels of the year." - Washington Post
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg Boston Globe
Chicago Public Library Chicago Tribune Esquire Kirkus New York
Public Library New York Times Book Review (Historical Fiction)
NPR's Fresh Air O Magazine Washington Post Publishers Weekly
Seattle Times USA Today A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
comes another "literary miracle" (NPR)--a propulsive, richly
entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent
class warfare of the early twentieth century. An intimate story of
brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the
panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that
eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a
kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between
rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams. The
Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for
day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns
for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a
better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and
decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who
performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far
more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his
wealth and his hold on Ursula. Dubious of Gig's idealism, Rye finds
himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist
named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to
overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he
stands. Is it enough to win the occasional battle, even if you
cannot win the war? Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and
tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold
Millions is a tour de force from a "writer who has planted himself
firmly in the first rank of American authors" (Boston Globe).
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