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River Under the Road - by Scott Spencer (Paperback)

River Under the Road - by  Scott Spencer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of <em>Man in the Woods</em> and <em>Endless Love</em>, a stunning, stinging portrait of class and creativity-and the double-edged sword of success</strong></p><p>Thirteen parties over the course of two decades-an opium infused barbeque, a reception for a doomed presidential candidate, a fund-raiser for a blind child who speaks in tongues, a visit to one of New York's fabled sex clubs-brilliantly reveal the lives of two couples, one hoping to be admitted to the kingdom of Art, the other hoping for a small share of the American dream, both driven by forces of history they rarely perceive or acknowledge. </p><p>Thaddeus Kaufman, the son of booksellers, and Grace Cornell, raised in a basement apartment she longs to escape, meet at a neighborhood art fair in Chicago. Soon after, they head to New York, aloft on the wings of young love. Jennings Stratton, the son of a caretaker, and Muriel Sanchez, the daughter of a cop, meet in a house he is refurbishing in New Mexico, and they, too, head for the big city. </p><p>In a vast Hudson River estate, the lives of the two couples ultimately intertwine. Thaddeus has made it big in an unexpected way, setting off a chain reaction of envy among his friends and peers and forever changing the dynamic of his marriage with Grace, for whom success has been elusive, and art, once a source of solace, has become a font of bitterness. And Jennings, hoping to transcend his reputation as the local Casanova, a man suited only for menial tasks, has ventured into a cycle of theft and betrayal that threatens to destroy the fragile life of his family.</p><p>Funny and cutting, affecting and expansive, <em>River Under the Road</em> is Scott Spencer's masterpiece of all that lies beneath our everyday lives-a story about the pursuit of love, art, and money, and the inevitable reckoning that awaits us all. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A perceptive and popular chronicler of complicated relationships"--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"Rich, provocative...Wry and insightful enough about the intricacies of maintaining an artists' life -- and the sacrifices required to achieve it -- that it will no doubt become required reading for the Hudson Valley set."--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"...Like that tremble of water beneath your feet, Spencer's powerful novel will reverberate with you long after you leave it behind."--Chronogram<br><br>"An old-fashioned story of love, money and social class told through a clever artifice: a series of 13 awful parties (from 1976 to 1990) that give the narrative the immediacy of a series of snapshots, even as the story spills engagingly beyond the boundaries of each image."--Newsday<br>

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