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Rent The Emperor's Children
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Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: Aug 2006
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Discs: 16
Synopsis
From a writer "of near-miraculous perfection" (The New York Times Book Review) and "a literary intelligence far surpassing most other writers of her generation" (San Francisco Chronicle), The Emperor’s Children is a dazzling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way-and not-in New York City. There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite - an "It" girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist - and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray’s nephew, Frederick "Bootie" Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie’s unexpected decisions - and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome - that will change each of their lives forever. A richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune - of innocence and experience, seduction and self-invention; of ambition, including literary ambition; of glamour, disaster, and promise - The Emperor’s Children is a tour de force that brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment.
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Reviews
Tedious. If there was a plot, it certainly didn't manifest itself by page 126. I made it that far; I really tried. Wordy character sketches of quirky elitist New York literary types -- perhaps inspired by the very critics that thought this book was good -- never seemed to go anywhere. The one star is for the occasionally clever turn of phrase.
I found this a tedious book. Although it was a book I thought I would enjoy (and it is slightly possible I would have in non-audio format) I felt it was long winded and the characters were stereo typical in a way that was just too predictible. I became uninterested in each one as the book droned on. I especially found the reading voice and style grating. I finished it merely to be done! It was a long haul.