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Chargement... The Last Good Chance: A Novel (original 2002; édition 2003)par Tom Barbash (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Last Good Chance: A Novel par Tom Barbash (2002)
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() The story is told from the viewpoint of 3 main characters (though always in third person): a local boy made good who returns from NYC to his dying upstate New York hometown to oversee a project on the Lake Ontario harborfront to revitalize the town; his fiance, who gives up her advertising job to join him & pursue her painting career; & the local reporter who threatens their relationship & the town's project. It's a well-told story, with lots of good dialog writing, about loyalty to friends, spouse, & place; about how other values more valued in our culture, such as independence & career advancement, undermine such loyalties; & about how misplaced loyalties--or a willingness to pursue them through inappropriate means--are an even greater threat to genuine loyalty. Both sophisticated in theme & down to earth in setting & narration. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In this captivating first novel, a young man's plan to revitalize his hometown leads four of its inhabitants down alternating paths of desire and deceit When the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading post-industrial waterfront into a tasteful commercial development for tourists and yuppies, the town of Lakeland quickly gets on board. At first glance, Jack seems to have it all: a successful urban planner, he's also brought home his fiancée, Anne, a talented artist with whom he's fiercely in love. But it doesn't take long for cracks to appear in Jack's idyllic life Enter Steven Turner - exiled New Yorker, local reporter looking for a scoop, and Jack's best friend in Lakeland. Between the two of them come Anne, who Steven grows close to, and Jack's floundering brother Harris, who spends his nights breaking the law to bury the mistakes of the past that might derail Jack's plans. As Steven's personal and professional incursion into Jack's life intensifies, all four characters find themselves starting to unravel. Moving, poignant, and rife with humor, The Last Good Chance is a powerful debut novel about the moral compromises we make in the name of loyalty, ambition, and love. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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