Auf ein Miniaturbild klicken, um zu Google Books zu gelangen.
Lädt ... Banana Republican: From the Buchanan Filevon Eric Rauchway
Keine Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. It's basically his take on _Flashman_ - lift an unpleasant minor character from a classic work, and use him to explore episodes in the history of the country's empire (and the remarkably nasty attitudes of the upper classes). I gave up about half way through, not because there was anything wrong with it, exactly, but because it didn't seem to be going anywhere in particular (or meandering amusingly). Rauchway is a first-rate historian and an excellent blogger, so it might be a bit much to hope for him to be a good novelist, too. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Depicted as braggart, brute, and bore in The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan has gotten a bad rap and means to correct the record. That weak-kneed, simpering cousin of his wife's, with his prattling about some lost idealized American individualism and rectitude, was not only a fool and a liar, but worse: a failed bond salesman. But by 1924 Tom has bigger problems than the pathos of the summer of '22. First, there's Aunt Gertrude, who has assumed control of the Buchanan fortune. Second, what with Daisy getting jowly and the maids indiscreet, there's little tranquillity at home. Third, a revolution is brewing in Nicaragua that's threatening to ensnare the family investments. So when Tom is dispatched to maneuver among Nicaragua's international corporate intrigues, machine-gun-toting rival political parties, and competing American intelligence agencies, he spies his chance. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |