America America : a novel
Canin, Ethan
America America : a novel / Ethan Canin - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2008 - 475 p. ; 21 cm
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.
English
9780812979893
Working class men---Fiction
Rich people---Fiction
Upper class----Fiction
Character---Fiction
New York (State)----Fiction
United States---Politics and government----Fiction
FIC CAN
America America : a novel / Ethan Canin - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2008 - 475 p. ; 21 cm
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.
English
9780812979893
Working class men---Fiction
Rich people---Fiction
Upper class----Fiction
Character---Fiction
New York (State)----Fiction
United States---Politics and government----Fiction
FIC CAN
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