The Twenty-seventh City

Name: The Twenty-seventh City
Brand: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD
SKU: 194169
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JONATHAN FRANZEN

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ISBN

9781841157481

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194169

Leto izida

2003

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JONATHAN FRANZEN

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The critically acclaimed first novel from Jonathan Franzen, author of the prize winning and internationally bestselling, 'The Corrections'. St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, 'The Twenty-Seventh City' shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.

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/ 'A huge and masterly drama!gripping and surreal and overwhelmingly convincing.' Laura Shapiro, Newsweek / 'A novel so imaginatively and expansively of our times that is seems ahead of them.' Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times / 'Franzen has managed to put together a suspense story with the elements of a complex, multi-layered psychological novel!A riveting piece of fiction that lingers in the mind long after more conventional pot-boilers have bubbled away.' Peter Andrews, The New York Times Book Review / 'Unsettling and visionary!"The Twenty-Seventh City" is not a novel that can be quickly dismissed or easily forgotten: it has elements of both "Great" and "American"!A book of memorable characters, surprising situations, and provocative ideas.' Washington Post

UK Kirkus review
Now famous for his bestselling novel The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen wrote several earlier books, and The Twenty-Seventh City, his debut, is simultaneously a thriller, a satire and a black comedy. Susan Jammu is appointed as the new Chief of Police in St Louis. Dynamic and effective, she immediately reverses the city's slow economic death. Her methods are unethical, however: she sets up a property scam and tries to bully the city's notables into a corrupt syndicate. Chief victim of her political conspiracy is Martin Probst, who Jammu forces to acquiesce through prolonged and covert psychological torture. Franzen explores the psychology of power and the ways in which citizens are manipulated, exposing the turgid nature of local government and the ailing heart of the American city. Prefiguring his later success, he writes with painful precision about family life and middle-aged marriage. Franzen's characters are often shockingly convincing. His study of Jammu is unsettling as he shows the motives behind her detachment and calculating charm. Martin Probst is raised above mid-life crisis cliche by his rage and self-knowledge. The main characters are accompanied by a vibrant supporting cast: Martin's desperately lonely wife Barbara, the expedient torturer Singh, and restless Vietnam vet RC are all examined in profound detail. St Louis itself has as much personality as the characters and here again Franzen resists cliche and undercuts jolly Dixieland myth with the painful truth. Beautifully written and sharply funny, this is a brilliant analysis of American life. (Kirkus UK)