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Finale Lib/E: A Novel of the Reagan Years

Finale Lib/E: A Novel of the Reagan Years


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From the author of the acclaimed novel Watergate comes a galvanizing new novel about the tumultuous administration of the most consequential and enigmatic president of modern times--Ronald Reagan. Finale takes listeners to the political gridiron of Washington in 1986, the wealthiest enclaves of Southern California, and the volcanic landscape of Iceland, where the president engages in two almost apocalyptic days of negotiation with Mikhail Gorbachev. Along with Soviet dissidents, illegal arms traders, and antinuclear activists, the novel's memorable characters include Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Pamela Harriman, John W. Hinckley, and even Bette Davis, with whom the president long ago appeared on screen. Several figures--including a humbled, crafty Richard Nixon; the young, brilliantly acerbic Christopher Hitchens; and an anxious, astrology-dependent Nancy Reagan--become the eyes through which listeners see the last convulsions of the Cold War, the AIDS epidemic, a clash of ideologies, and a political revolution. At the center of it all--but forever out of reach--is Reagan himself, whose genial remoteness confounds his subordinates, his children, and the citizens who elected him.

About the Author :
Thomas Mallon is the author of eleven novels and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, and other publications. In 2011 he received the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for prose style. He has been the literary editor of GQ and the deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He has been awarded the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration several times and has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Review :
"Finale offers a certifiable slice of the recent past but teases its readers with subtle fictionalization...It is high-calorie stuff, and Mr. Mallon handles it with an easy mastery." -- "Wall Street Journal" "[A]well-developed snapshot of an important year." -- "Library Journal" "An intriguing, humorous, even catty backstage view of the Reagan presidency from an artisan of the historical novel...Mallon's version of history is close enough to fact to revive faded memories, while his imagining of who thought and said what presents some of the coherence and delights of fiction." -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" "Gorbachev, Thatcher, the Gipper himself--the gang's all here and ready to party like it's 1986 in this propulsive and often very funny novel that portrays political upheaval through the eyes of some of recent history's most formidable players." -- "O, The Oprah Magazine" "Illustrates the strength of Mallon's ability to cast even high-profile politicians as fellow humans....Wicked good, that Thomas Mallon." -- "Washington Post" "Mallon is a poised storyteller who traffics in history's ironic creases. His novels don't upend conventional wisdom so much as remind us that history is a rickety architecture of human endeavor--that today's statues commemorate yesterday's frail and fumbling mortals...Mallon works deftly with an ensemble cast, employing both real-life and fictitious characters...[a] galloping narrative." -- "New York Times Book Review" "This most contemporary of Mallon's historically based novels is set amid the American political scene in late 1986...Despite all the scene-jumping, the transitions are seamless; there's a whirlwind of activity and abundant snappy dialogue...With his customary flair, Mallon has crafted a scrupulously researched novel that gives readers a front-row seat on world-changing events--a combination that proves irresistible." -- "Booklist (starred review)" "Thomas Mallon takes this human clay and, after adding a dash of inspired inner dialogue, sculpts characters who embody the folly and frustration of political power...Mallon has become a master of such political theater...Mallon fits all of these pieces together, combining broad historical accuracy and fictional verisimilitude with aplomb. Characters historical and fictional alike display bonfires of vanities, and insecurities, galore." -- "Christian Science Monitor" "What Mallon does best is dramatize the bizarre '80s intersection of Hollywood and Washington, DC, as equal weight is given to Merv Griffin and Eva Gabor as to Pat Buchanan and Jeane Kirkpatrick, creating in the process a crazy, quilted depiction of a contradiction-filled presidential administration." -- "Publishers Weekly"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781504633055
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 272 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1504633059
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2015
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 155 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Novel of the Reagan Years
  • Width: 168 mm


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