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Union Atlantic
Union Atlantic | Adam Haslett
2 posts | 5 read | 1 reading | 4 to read
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not A Stranger Here, a stunning, masterful portrait of our modern gilded age. At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a retired history teacher, Charlotte Graves—who has suddenly begun to hear her two dogs speaking to her in the voices of Cotton Mather and Malcolm X—and an ambitious young banker, Doug Fanning, who is building an ostentatious mansion on what was once Charlotte’s family land. Drawn into the conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school student who stirs powerful emotions in both of them. What emerges is a riveting story of financial power, the defense of tradition, and the distortions of desire these forces create. With remarkable scope and precision, Union Atlantic delivers a striking vision of the violent, anxious world we’ve come to inhabit. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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dylanisreading
Union Atlantic | Adam Haslett
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This isn't as good as Imagine Me Gone but still pretty fantastic. It's about militarism, liberalism, our financial system, and the ways in which we go about seeking intimacy as well as armoring ourselves against the vulnerability it requires. Haslett has said he tries to find the music in the language when writing. He certainly succeeds.

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dylanisreading
Union Atlantic | Adam Haslett

I'm almost done reading this, and I don't want it to end. I had to get it from the library after finishing Imagine Me Gone and reading that this won the Lambda. Haslett is probably my new favorite author. What a talent. #favoriteauthors

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