The Nix: A novel - Nathan Hill

Unknown, Nathan Hill

Category: Contemporary

Tags: Contemporary, Literature

From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, a novel that exploreswith sharp humor and a fierce tendernessthe resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change., A mother-son psychodrama with ghosts and politics, but its also a tragicomedy about anger and sanctimony in America. Nathan Hill is a maestro. John Irving, Its 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Andersoncollege professor, stalled writerhas a Nix of his own: his mother, Faye. He hasnt seen her in decades, not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now shes re-appeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the internet, and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: shes facing some serious charges, and she needs S