True Believers by Kurt Andersen - ISBN: 9780812978896
Paperback
Secrets, spies, and the sixties: a past that still haunts today.

True Believers

A Novel

  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2016

Summary

From Kurt Andersen, the New York Times bestselling author, comes a rich and moving epic of one woman’s 1960s youth and the continuing impact of that period in contemporary life.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post . San Francisco Chronicle

In True Believers, Kurt Andersen—the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author—delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidosc…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780812978896
ISBN-10:0812978897
Author:Kurt Andersen
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:15 May 2016
Weight:340g
Dimensions:203mm x 132mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Funny, fiendishly smart.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A great American novel.”—Vanity Fair “A big, swinging novel … [a] colorful story … This could be the most rambunctious meeting your book club will have for a long time.”—The Washington Post “Intelligent and insightful … Think The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Atonement, a ’60s-era female Holden Caulfield… . Andersen is an agile storyteller… . [There are] witty, occasionally even profound observations about the ’60s and today.”—USA Today “So epic: Part thriller, part coming-of-age tale, the novel alternates between the present and the 1960s, capturing some of America’s most pivotal moments in history like a time capsule.”—Marie Claire “This is an ambitious and remarkable novel, wonderfully voiced, about memory, secrets, guilt, and the dangers of certitude. Moreover, it asks essential questions about what it means to be an American and, in a sense, what it means to be America.”—Booklist (starred review) “Fascinating and wisely observant.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Exhilarating … sober, thoughtful … accessible and often funny … an absorbing, well-told tale.”—Fortune

About The Author

Kurt Andersen

Kurt Andersen is the author of the novels Heyday and Turn of the Century, among other books. He writes for television, film, and the stage, contributes to Vanity Fair, and hosts the public radio program Studio 360. He has previously been a columnist for New York, The New Yorker, and Time, editor in chief of New York, and co-founder of Spy. He lives in Brooklyn.

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