The Twenty-Seventh City
St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of...
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St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, The Twenty-Seventh City shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312420147 (0312420145)
ASIN: 312420145
Publish date: September 8th 2001
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Clearly a very intelligent book that suffers under its own weight, no particularly likable characters, and a central conflict that was hard to care about. But other than that, I was intrigued by the characters and impressed with the writing, so I'll check out some more Franzen.
An incredible debut novel, a wonderfully Pynchonian work, and the demonstration that Franzen can be awesome even with something different from a Midwestern family saga.Video-review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68qnEsK3mpQ
I think it's a good thing that of Franzen's novels, I read this one last. If I had read it first, I may not have bothered to read the rest, which would be a shame, since The Corrections and Freedom were exceptional books, and 5-star material, in my eyes. It's not that I didn't enjoy this book, but...
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