True Believers: A Novel
by:
Kurt Andersen (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B005X0K2W8
Publish date: July 10th 2012
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages no: 466
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
War,
Politics,
Contemporary,
Crime
I'm not sure how realistic this story is. There were some things that seemed far-fetched, but it had me turning the pages, so I'm not complaining. It was believable enough, and with fiction, that's enough for me. I finished the book in just a few days.The premise is that Karen Hollander, age 64 in 2...
Kurt Anderson set True Believers in the near future, mainly 2014, but much of the novel is long flashbacks to the transitional decade of the 1960s when main character Karen Hollander was a teenager becoming more and more radicalized by the Viet Nam War and the Civil Rights Movement. In the novel’s p...
Kurt Andersen weaves together a beautiful story about life in the 1960s and the dangerous actions some made for the greater good (or at least what they thought was the greater good). I unfortunately was not around during the 1960s so I don't have experiences to compare with this book but I do live i...
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