false 43261028 777176 2217682 0679456805 9780679456803 278 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/22/682/2217682-m-1255784844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/22/682/2217682-s-1255784844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2217682.America_America_A_Novel 3.61 796 The Palace Thief, comes a stunning novel, set in a small town during the Nixon era and today, about America and family, politics and tragedy, and the impact of fate on a young man’s life.
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 of the United States. 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.

America America is a beautiful novel about America as it was and is, a remarkable exploration of how vanity, greatness, and tragedy combine to change history and fate.]]> 50743 3.71 2141 416 2008 5 1 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:00:57 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:06:52 -0800 2009
The characters are engaging and real. The narrative threads are difficult to follow when they ...more...]]>