Golden Age (The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga)

ISBN: 0307744825

Author: Smiley, Jane

Condition: New

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes the much-anticipated final volume in the acclaimed The Last Hundred Years Trilogy, following Some Luck and Early Warning. A richly absorbing new novel that is a monumental portrait of an American family and an American century. Smileys plot is a marvel of intricacy thats full of surprises. -Los Angeles TimesIts 1987, and the next generation of Langdons is facing economic, social, and political challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered. Michael and Richie, twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes worlds of government and finance-but their fiercest enemies may be closer to home. Charlie, the charmer, struggles to find his way; Guthrie is deployed to Iraq, leaving the Iowa family farm in the hands of his younger sister, Felicity-who, as always, has her own ideas. Determined to help preserve the planet, she worries that her family farms land is imperiled, and not only by the extremes of climate change.Moving seamlessly from the power-brokered 1980s and the scandal-ridden 90s to our own present moment and beyond, Golden Age combines intimate drama, emotional suspense, and an intricate view of history, bringing to a magnificent conclusion the epic trilogy of one unforgettable family.