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2010 Nominated

America, America

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family’s generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Ethan
Canin

Ethan Canin was born in 1960 in Ann Arbor. He studied English at Stanford and holds a Master’s of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Iowa and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He has published a collection of stories, The Emperor of Air (1988), four novellas under the title The Palace Thief (1994) and four novels, including Carry Me Across the Water (2001) and America America (2008). Since 1998 he has taught at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

Ethan Canin was born in 1960 in Ann Arbor. He studied English at Stanford and holds a Master’s of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Iowa and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He has published a collection of stories, The Emperor of Air (1988), four novellas under the title The Palace Thief (1994) and four novels, including Carry Me Across the Water (2001) and America America (2008). Since 1998 he has taught at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Timely and timeless story of a young man’s relationship with a political family; a sensitive and wise book.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc.

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