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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: golden house
    sub title: a novel
  name:
    name part: Rushdie, Salman
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Political fiction.
  genre: Satire.
  genre: Satirical literature.
  genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
  genre: Fiction.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2017
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 380 pages ; 25 cm
  abstract: "A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture--a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities 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 triumphant and exciting return to realism. The result is a modern epic of love and terrorism, loss and reinvention--a powerful, timely story told with the daring and panache that make Salman Rushdie a force of light in our dark new age. Advance praise for The Golden House "A ravishingly well-told, deeply knowledgeable, magnificently insightful, and r…
  abstract: "When the aristocratic Golden family moves into a self contained pocket of New York City, a park in Greenwich Village called "The Gardens," their past is an absolute mystery. They seem to be hiding in plain sight: Nero Golden, the powerful but shady patriarch, and his sons Petya, a high functioning autistic and recluse; Apu, the successful artist who may or may not be profound; and D, the enchanting youngest son whose gender confusion mirrors the confusion - and possibilities - of the world around him. And finally there is Vasilisa, the Russian beauty who seduces the patriarch to shape their American stories. Our fearless narrator is an aspiring filmmaker who decides the Golden family will be his subject. He gains the trust of this strange family, even as their secrets gradually unfold - love affairs and betrayals, questions of belonging and identity, a murder, an apocalyptic terror attack, a magical, stolen baby, all set against a whirling background in which an insane Presidential Candidate known as only The Joker grows stronger and stronger, and America itself grows mad. And yet The Golden House is a hopeful story, even an inspiring one - a story about the hope that surrounds, and is made brighter by, even the darkest of situations. Overflowing with inventiveness, humor, and a touch of magic, this is a full-throated celebration of human nature, a great American novel, a tale of exile wrapped in a murder mystery, a meditation on the nature of good and evil, a thrilling page turner, and a coming of age story for the ages"--
  note: Salman Rushdie.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-ny
  subject:
    topic: FICTION / Literary
  subject:
    topic: FICTION / Satire
  subject:
    topic: FICTION / Political
  subject:
    topic: Rich people
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Visitors, Foreign
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Families
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Family secrets
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Motion picture producers and directors
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    geographic: New York (N.Y.)
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Motion picture producers and directors
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    geographic: Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Family life
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Families
  subject:
    topic: Family secrets
  subject:
    topic: Motion picture producers and directors
  subject:
    topic: Rich people
  subject:
    topic: Visitors, Foreign
  subject:
    geographic: New York (State)
    geographic: New York
  classification: PR6068.U757 G65 2017
  classification: 823/.914
  classification: FIC019000 FIC052000 FIC037000
  identifier: 9780399592805 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  identifier: 0399592806 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  identifier: 9780399592812 (ebook)
  identifier: 2017031173
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170801
    record change date: 20180214132201.0
    record identifier: in00003894227
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng