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- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
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'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The Times Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories.
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The Altruists, Andrew Ridker
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2020
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- Titolo
- The Altruists
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Andrew Ridker
- Editore
- Random House UK Ltd
- Pubblicato
- 2020
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1784707546
- ISBN13
- 9781784707545
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Famiglia, Narrativa contemporanea, Relazioni, Letteratura Americana, Romanzi sociali, Relazioni Familiari, Saga, Saggi familiari, Eredità, Umorismo nero
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2019
- Titolo originale
- The Altruists
- Valutazione
- 3,15 su 5
- Descrizione
- 'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The Times Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories.