6/11/2023 0 Comments The Locals by Jonathan DeeIt is also a novel that is timeless in its depiction of American small town life. THE LOCALS is that rare work of fiction capable of capturing a fraught American moment in real time. After the town's first selectman passes away suddenly, Hadi runs for office and begins subtly transforming the town in his image with unexpected results for Mark and his extended family. Jonathan Dee is the author of seven novels, including The Locals, A Thousand Pardons, and The Privileges, which was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. The collision of these two men's very different worlds - rural vs urban, middle class vs rich - propels Jonathan Dee's powerful new novel. What future can he promise to his wife Karen and their young daughter Haley? When a wealthy money manager, Philip Hadi, moves to Howland to escape post-9/11 New York, he hires Mark to turn his his house into a secure location. His novel The Privileges was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and. Mark Firth is a home builder in Howland, Massachusetts who, after being swindled by a financial advisor, feels opportunity passing him and his family by. Jonathan Dee is the author of seven previous novels, most recently The Locals. A rural, working class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this urgent and inspired novel for our times.
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