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Narrator: David Ogden Stiers
Format: Abridged-CD
Publisher: Random House
Published: Dec 1998
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $39.95
Discs: 8
Tom Wolfe's novel stars a college football star turned millionaire businessman who, in late middle age, finds himself with a troublesome young wife and a mountain of debt. The cast includes Conrad Hensley, who gets in trouble with the law after losing his job; a black ex-athlete accused of raping a white girl; and the lawyer who represents him. This explosive, multihued novel about the tension in late 20th-century Atlanta involves illegal immigrants, prison life, shady real estate deals, trophy wives and the women they have replaced. Wolfe's first novel in 11 years was a finalist for the 1998 National Book Award. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
This book is fascinating and set in Atlanta. It compares the rise and fall of a high powered rich executive and the life of a meat packer who works all day in a refrigeration area. Their lives come together in a way you can never imagine.