The Last Convertible
Anton Myrer's beloved novel of America's post-World War II generation is as powerful now as it was upon its publication quarter century ago. It tells the story of five Harvard educated men and the women they loved - and the elegant car that came to symbolise their romantic youth. It is also the...
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Anton Myrer's beloved novel of America's post-World War II generation is as powerful now as it was upon its publication quarter century ago. It tells the story of five Harvard educated men and the women they loved - and the elegant car that came to symbolise their romantic youth. It is also the story of their coming-of-age in the dark days of World War 11, and of their unshakable loyalty to a lost dream in the decades that followed. Filled with nostalgia and history, The Last Convertible is a gripping tribute to a way of living, thinking, and dreaming that has all but disappeared.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060934057 (0060934050)
Publish date: May 1st 2002
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
I tried, this time, to read this book analytically- to figure out why it means so much to me, why it looms so large in my head. I don't know that I have a rational answer- the protagonist is a Puritan, bound by duty and hampered by unnecessary suffering. His wife is presented as completely unlikeabl...
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