Turn of the Century by Kurt Andersen

Turn of the Century by Kurt Andersen

A big, sprawling book . . . Kurt Andersen has] infused it with so much inventive imagination. . . . Should be put in a Manhattan time capsule with the note: 'This is how we lived at the turn of the century.' --The New York Times Book Review

NATIONAL BESTSELER

In his brash, brilliant first novel, New York Times bestselling author Kurt Andersen casts a penetrating eye on our giddy, media-obsessed era. With a keen sense of irony and a storyteller's grace, he weaves a tale that is at once a biting satire and a wickedly incisive portrait of marriage, family, love, and friendship.

The millennium is here. BarbieWorld has opened in Las Vegas. Charles Manson's parole hearing is on live TV. And George and Lizzie are a Manhattan power couple with three kids in private school and take-out from Hiroshima Boy waiting at the door. Lizzie owns a software start-up. George is a TV producer. With cell phones tickling their thighs and gossip buzzing in their ears, their future couldn't be brighter. Until, that is, Lizzie cuts a deal with George's boss and gets an office twenty-one floors above her husband's. Until all the glitter and the hype threaten to destroy George's and Lizzie's sanity and their marriage. Until the only thing that can save them is a little understanding--at a time when everyone is talking but no one hears a thing.

Savagely subversive . . . a smart, funny and excruciatingly deft portrait of our age.--The Wall Street Journal

Inspired . . . astonishing . . . very funny.--Entertainment Weekly

A big, Tom Wolfe-ish New York comic novel . . . on the last breath of the century.--Elle

Kurt Andersen is the bestselling author of the novels Heyday, Turn of the Century, and True Believers. He contributes to Vanity Fair and The New York Times, and is host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. He also writes for television, film, and the stage. Andersen co-founded Spy magazine, served as editor in chief of New York, and was a cultural columnist and critic for Time and The New Yorker. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon. He lives in Brooklyn.

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ISBN 13	9780385335041
ISBN 10	0385335040
Title	Turn of the Century
Author	Kurt Andersen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2000-07-11
Number of pages	672
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.