True Believers: A Novel by Kurt Andersen (English) Paperback Book

Description: True Believers by Kurt Andersen From Kurt Andersen, the New York Times bestselling author (and host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio show Studio 360), comes a rich and moving epic of one womans 1960s youth and the continuing impact of that period in contemporary life.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post . San Francisco ChronicleIn True Believers, Kurt Andersen-the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century-delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidoscopic tour de force of cultural observation and seductive storytelling alternates between the present and the 1960s-and indelibly captures the enduring impact of that time on the ways we live now.Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968-an episode shes managed to keep secret for more than forty years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, shes about to let the world in on that shocking secret-as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions.As junior-high-school kids back in the early sixties, Karen and her two best friends, Chuck and Alex, roamed suburban Chicago on their bikes looking for intrigue and excitement. Inspired by the exotic romance of Ian Flemings James Bond novels, they acted out elaborate spy missions pitting themselves against imaginary Cold War villains. As friendship carries them through childhood and on to college-in a polarized late-sixties America riven by war and race as well as sex, drugs, and rock and roll-the bad guys cease to be the creatures of make-believe. Caught up in the fervor of that extraordinary and uncanny time, they find themselves swept into a dangerous new game with the highest possible stakes.Today, only a handful of people are left who know what happened. As Karen reconstructs the past and reconciles the girl she was then with the woman she is now, finally sharing pieces of her secret past with her national-security-cowboy boyfriend and activist granddaughter, the power of memory and history and luck become clear. A resonant coming-of-age story and a thrilling political mystery, True Believers is Kurt Andersens most ambitious novel to date, introducing a brilliant, funny, and irresistible new heroine to contemporary fiction.Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Readers Circle for author chats and more.Praise for True Believers"Funny, fiendishly smart."-San Francisco Chronicle"A great American novel."-Vanity Fair"A big, swinging novel . . . a colorful story . . . This could be the most rambunctious meeting your book club will have for a long time."-The Washington Post"Intelligent and insightful . . . Think The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Atonement, a 60s-era female Holden Caulfield. . . . Andersen is an agile storyteller. . . . There are witty, occasionally even profound observations about the 60s and today."-USA Today"So epic- Part thriller, part coming-of-age tale, the novel alternates between the present and the 1960s, capturing some of Americas most pivotal moments in history like a time capsule."-Marie Claire"This is an ambitious and remarkable novel, wonderfully voiced, about memory, secrets, guilt, and the dangers of certitude. Moreover, it asks essential questions about what it means to be an American and, in a sense, what it means to be America."-Booklist (starred review)"Fascinating and wisely observant."-O- The Oprah Magazine FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Kurt Andersen is the author of the novels Heyday and Turn of the Century, among other books. He writes for television, film, and the stage, contributes to Vanity Fair, and hosts the public radio program Studio 360. He has previously been a columnist for New York, The New Yorker, and Time, editor in chief of New York, and co-founder of Spy. He lives in Brooklyn. Review "Funny, fiendishly smart."—San Francisco Chronicle "A great American novel."—Vanity Fair "A big, swinging novel . . . [a] colorful story . . . This could be the most rambunctious meeting your book club will have for a long time."—The Washington Post "Intelligent and insightful . . . Think The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Atonement, a 60s-era female Holden Caulfield. . . . Andersen is an agile storyteller. . . . [There are] witty, occasionally even profound observations about the 60s and today."—USA Today "So epic: Part thriller, part coming-of-age tale, the novel alternates between the present and the 1960s, capturing some of Americas most pivotal moments in history like a time capsule."—Marie Claire "This is an ambitious and remarkable novel, wonderfully voiced, about memory, secrets, guilt, and the dangers of certitude. Moreover, it asks essential questions about what it means to be an American and, in a sense, what it means to be America."—Booklist (starred review) "Fascinating and wisely observant."—O: The Oprah Magazine "Exhilarating . . . sober, thoughtful . . . accessible and often funny . . . an absorbing, well-told tale."—Fortune Review Quote Praise for TRUE BELIEVERS "This is Andersens best book to date, which makes it a great American novel ." - Jon Robin Baitz, Vanity Fair "A big, swinging novel youll want to check out ."- The Washington Post " Fascinating and wisely observant ..."- O! The Oprah Magazine "Fiendishly smart, insightful and joyously loopy novel." - The San Francisco Chronicle "Andersen creates spellbinding suspense . This is an ambitious and remarkable novel, wonderfully voiced, about memory, secrets, guilt, and the dangers of certitude. Moreover, it asks essential questions about what it means to be an American and, in a sense, what it means to be America. " - Booklist , starred review "Kurt Andersens best yet. The man is operating on some far-out level that bends time and space to his will. T rue Believers hits all the right notes and reads like a goddamn dream ." - Gary Shteyngart "This witty, imaginative novel is one part bildungsroman, one part political thriller and one part contemplation on age - and in all aspects wonderful reading. " - Scott Turow Brain Pickings calls it one of the two "essential" summer-of-2012 novels "An unmitigated success...plot is nigh-on perfect ."- The Winnipeg Free Press Excerpt from Book 9781400067206 excerpt Andersen / TRUE BELIEVERS 1 My publishers signed me up a year ago to write a book, but not this book. "A candid and inspirational memoir by one of the most accomplished leaders and thinkers of our times," their press release promised. They think theyre getting a slightly irreverent fleshing out of my shiny curriculum vitae, a plainspoken, self-congratulatory chronicle of A Worthy Life in the Law and the Modern Triumph of American Women, which theyre publishing, ho-hum premise notwithstanding, because Ive written a couple of best sellers and appear on TV a lot. By far the most interesting thing about my life, however, is nowhere in my r Details ISBN0812978897 Author Kurt Andersen Short Title TRUE BELIEVERS Language English ISBN-10 0812978897 ISBN-13 9780812978896 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1954 Year 2013 Imprint Random House Inc Subtitle A Novel Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2013-07-16 AU Release Date 2013-07-16 NZ Release Date 2013-07-16 US Release Date 2013-07-16 Pages 464 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 2013-07-16 DEWEY 813.6 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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