The Resource The altruists : a novel, Andrew Ridker
The altruists : a novel, Andrew Ridker
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- Summary
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- A vibrant and perceptive novel about a father's plot to win back his children's inheritance. Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his much-younger girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money--the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories--memories that orbit Francine, the matriarch whose life may hold the key to keeping them together. Spanning New York, Paris, Boston, St. Louis, and a small desert outpost in Zimbabwe, The Altruists is a darkly funny (and ultimately tender) family saga in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Jeffrey Eugenides, with shades of Philip Roth and Zadie Smith. It's a novel about money, privilege, politics, campus culture, dating, talk therapy, rural sanitation, infidelity, kink, the American beer industry, and what it means to be a "good person."
- Arthur Alter, a middling professor at a Midwestern college, can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his much-younger girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money-- the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children: Ethan, an anxious recluse, and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation-- and unwittingly unleashes age-old resentments and long-buried memories. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's Web site
- Isbn
- 9780525522713
- Label
- The altruists : a novel
- Title
- The altruists
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Ridker
- Subject
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- College teachers -- Fiction
- College teachers -- United States -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION -- Family Life | General
- FICTION -- Jewish
- FICTION -- Literary
- Father and child -- Fiction
- Father-child relationship -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fiction
- American fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Parent-adult child relationship -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
- Successions et héritages -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Teachers -- Fiction
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession
- College teachers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- A vibrant and perceptive novel about a father's plot to win back his children's inheritance. Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his much-younger girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money--the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories--memories that orbit Francine, the matriarch whose life may hold the key to keeping them together. Spanning New York, Paris, Boston, St. Louis, and a small desert outpost in Zimbabwe, The Altruists is a darkly funny (and ultimately tender) family saga in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Jeffrey Eugenides, with shades of Philip Roth and Zadie Smith. It's a novel about money, privilege, politics, campus culture, dating, talk therapy, rural sanitation, infidelity, kink, the American beer industry, and what it means to be a "good person."
- Arthur Alter, a middling professor at a Midwestern college, can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his much-younger girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money-- the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children: Ethan, an anxious recluse, and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation-- and unwittingly unleashes age-old resentments and long-buried memories. -- adapted from jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ridker, Andrew
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- College teachers
- Inheritance and succession
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and daughters
- Successions et héritages
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- College teachers
- Inheritance and succession
- College teachers
- Father and child
- Inheritance and succession
- Interpersonal relations
- Teachers
- Inheritance and succession
- Widowers
- Father-child relationship
- Parent-adult child relationship
- Label
- The altruists : a novel, Andrew Ridker
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's Web site
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1040198856
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525522713
- Lccn
- 2018041553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 776
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040198856
- Label
- The altruists : a novel, Andrew Ridker
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's Web site
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1040198856
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525522713
- Lccn
- 2018041553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 776
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040198856
Subject
- College teachers -- Fiction
- College teachers -- United States -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION -- Family Life | General
- FICTION -- Jewish
- FICTION -- Literary
- Father and child -- Fiction
- Father-child relationship -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fiction
- American fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Parent-adult child relationship -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
- Successions et héritages -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Teachers -- Fiction
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession
- College teachers
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