America America

In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family's generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth. Ethan Canin's stunning novel is about America as it was and is, a remarkable exploration of how vanity, greatness, and tragedy combine to change history and fate.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 05/19/2009
ISBN: 9780812979893
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.36w x 1.03d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/05/2009 pg. 16