Mexican Peso
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Autor: RUSHDIE,Salman
Editorial: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Lenguaje: Inglés
ISBN13: 9781784707095
Reseña: **New York Times bestseller** A Guardian / Observer Book of the Year When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances he and his three adult children assume new identities taking Roman names and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama he and his sons each extraordinary in his own right quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society. The story of the Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant Rene an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. Rene chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money of art and fashion a sibling quarrel an unexpected metamorphosis the arrival of a beautiful woman betrayal and murder and far away in their abandoned homeland some decent intelligence work. Invoking literature pop culture and the cinema Rushdie spins the story of the American zeitgeist over the last eight years hitting every beat: the rise of the birther movement the Tea Party Gamergate and identity politics the backlash against political correctness the ascendency of the superhero movie and of course the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious narcissistic media-savvy villain wearing make-up and with coloured hair. In a new world order of alternative truths Salman Rushdie has written the ultimate novel about identity truth terror and lies. A brilliant heartbreaking realist novel that is not only uncannily prescient but shows one of the worlds greatest storytellers working at the height of his powers.
