Manhattan Beach
A Novel
by Jennifer Egan
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Pub Date Oct 03 2017 | Archive Date Oct 31 2017
Simon & Schuster Canada | Scribner
Description
* Winner of the New York City Book Award
* New York Times Bestseller
* A San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Book of the Year
* A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of 2017
* A Time magazine and USA Today Top 10 Novel of 2017
* Winner of the Booklist Top of the List for Fiction
* Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction
* Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, The Guardian, Vogue, Esquire, Kirkus Reviews, Philadelphia Inquirer, BookPage, Bustle, Southern Living, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Immensely satisfying…an old-fashioned page-turner, tweaked by this witty and sophisticated writer…Egan is masterly at displaying mastery…she works a formidable kind of magic.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times
The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.
Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father’s life, the reasons he might have vanished.
“A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft” (The Boston Globe), “Egan’s first foray into historical fiction makes you forget you’re reading historical fiction at all” (Elle). Manhattan Beach takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501183775 |
| PRICE | CA$24.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 448 |
Featured Reviews
Debra G, Reviewer
“After stretching the boundaries of fiction in myriad ways ... Egan does perhaps the only thing left that could surprise: she writes a thoroughly traditional novel. Realistically detailed, poetically charged and utterly satisfying: apparently there’s nothing Egan can’t do.” Kirkus I love that comment from the Kirkus review. It’s so true … after the innovation and originality of Goon Squad what COULD Egan do next?? Typical historical fiction, I guess … although there is nothing typical about Manhattan Beach. Though I admit I preferred the creativity and novelty of Goon Squad, I loved Manhattan Beach as well. The characters were fabulously multifaceted and well drawn. The story truly engaging. And the prose, dazzling and powerful. What can I say? Read it!
Michelle W, Librarian
Manhattan Beach is a wonderfully written & thoughtfully researched historical novel. I think this will make an excellent book club pick! (I reviewed this on Goodreads)
Marissa Y, Reviewer
Kindle Copy for Review from Net Galley
Story of Anna Kerrigan a twelve year who meets a man named Dexter Styles who she will later meet on during the Depression when she accompanies her father to his house. She interacts with his children and watched his uniform servants in his opulent house. There is an odd relationship between them, as they are in debt to him for their financial survival.
We watch Anna become the first female diver at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to support her mother and her disable younger sister. It is a dangerous job.
She finds herself at a night club as she once again meets Dexter Styles. She has not seen him since her father disappearance. Did he have anything to do with her dad disappearance or did he not have anything to do with it?
An interesting read about organied crime during the Depression.
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