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Author: Elliot Perlman Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 1742752985 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 402
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The groundbreaking novel about economic rationalism and its effect on good, honest people. At once humorous and dramatic, Three Dollars is about Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself, at the age of 38, with a wife, a child and three dollars. How did he get that way? And who is Amanda? He cared about people; he was, Amanda notwithstanding, a good husband, father and son. At any other time the world would have smiled on him. But this was the nineties and the world valued other things. Three Dollars chronicles the present breach of the social contract and its effect on a home near you. It is a brilliantly deft portrait of a man attempting to retain his humanity, his family and his sense of humour in grim and pitiless times: times of downsizing, outsourcing and privatising. It is about the legacy of Thatcherism and its effects on people and their relationships. 'Few novels ever dare to fuse emotional and economic life with the passionate intelligence of this one' -- Independent (UK)
Author: Elliot Perlman Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 1742752985 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 402
Book Description
The groundbreaking novel about economic rationalism and its effect on good, honest people. At once humorous and dramatic, Three Dollars is about Eddie, an honest, compassionate man who finds himself, at the age of 38, with a wife, a child and three dollars. How did he get that way? And who is Amanda? He cared about people; he was, Amanda notwithstanding, a good husband, father and son. At any other time the world would have smiled on him. But this was the nineties and the world valued other things. Three Dollars chronicles the present breach of the social contract and its effect on a home near you. It is a brilliantly deft portrait of a man attempting to retain his humanity, his family and his sense of humour in grim and pitiless times: times of downsizing, outsourcing and privatising. It is about the legacy of Thatcherism and its effects on people and their relationships. 'Few novels ever dare to fuse emotional and economic life with the passionate intelligence of this one' -- Independent (UK)
Author: David Lipsky Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1497663350 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 139
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Eleven sparkling stories of family, love, and art from New York Times–bestselling author David Lipsky My mother doesn’t know that I owe my father three thousand dollars. From the opening line of the acclaimed title story—a Best American Short Stories selection that first appeared in the New Yorker—to the tender last scene of “Springs, 1977,” this pitch-perfect collection explores the unsteady terrain of early adulthood and the complex legacy of family. Self-aware, creatively ambitious, and just privileged enough to be acutely aware of all that they lack, Lipsky’s characters are as real and unforgettable as the dilemmas they face—some of their own making, some that the world has thrust on them. In “Relativity,” a college junior transfers to the Ivy League in order to please his mother and make new friends; he quickly realizes the fault in his logic. In “Colonists,” a nervous young author searches for her muse at a New Hampshire writers’ retreat attended by a priest who pens erotic poetry and a composer working on a comic opera about the Alger Hiss trial. “ ‘Shh,’ ” the genesis of Lipsky’s highly praised novel The Art Fair, is the story of a dutiful son trying to shield his artist mother from the agony of her latest rejection. Witty, heartbreaking, and wise, the stories in Three Thousand Dollars are a testament to David Lipsky’s exceptional talent and to the power of short fiction to transform the smallest of moments into the greatest of truths.
Author: Elliot Perlman Publisher: ISBN: 9780330360432 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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Novel portraying a man living through harsh times. Eddie is 38 years old with a wife, child and three dollars. Tells of the hardship caused by downsizing, outsourcing and privatising, and the difficulties of retaining a sense of humour and humanity in a world which apparently only values money.
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