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050	0	0	_aPR6068.U757 _bG65 2017
082	1		_aFIC RUS _2
100	1		_aRushdie, Salman, 1947-
245	1	4	_aThe golden house : _ba novel _c/ Salman Rushdie
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, 2017
300			_a380 p. _c; 25 cm
520			_aA modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture. On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of "the Gardens," a cloistered community in New York's Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his King - a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens' world is their neighbor Rene, an ambitious young filmmaker. Researching a movie about the Goldens, he ingratiates himself into their household. Seduced by their mystique, he is inevitably implicated in their quarrels, their infidelities, and, indeed, their crimes. Meanwhile, like a bad joke, a certain comic-book villain embarks upon a crass presidential run that turns New York upside-down. Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdie's return to realism.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aRich people _x-Fiction
650		4	_aVisitors, Foreign _v--Fiction
650		4	_aFamily secrets _v--Fiction
650		4	_aMotion picture producers and directors _v--Fiction
651		4	_aNew York (N.Y.) _v--Fiction
655		4	_aPolitical fiction
655		4	_aSatire
942			_cMO
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