The Golden House - Salman Rushdie
Category: Contemporary
Tags: Contemporary, Literature, Adults
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Release date: September 5, 2017 Duration: 14:40:14, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER a modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culturea hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities, On the day of Barack Obamas inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of the Gardens, a cloistered community in New Yorks Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the eccentric newcomer and his family immediately intrigue the residents. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harbor
