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Union Atlantic a novel Adam Haslett - 1., Anchor Books edition - 354 Seiten 21 cm

At the heart of this novel lies a test of wills between a young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired schoolteacher, Charlotte Graves, whose two dogs have begun to speak to her. When Doug builds an ostentatious mansion on land that Charlotte's grandfather donated to the town of Finden, Massachusetts, she determines to oust him in court. As a senior manager of Union Atlantic bank, a major financial conglomerate, Doug is embroiled in the company's struggle to remain afloat. It is Charlotte's brother, Henry Graves, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, who must keep a watchful eye on Union Atlantic and the entire financial system. Drawn into Doug and Charlotte's intensifying conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school senior who unwittingly stirs powerful emotions in each of them

ISBN: 9780307388292 pbk.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bankers--Fiction
High school students--Fiction
House construction--Fiction
Older women--Fiction
Social classes--Fiction

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Massachusetts--Fiction

Subjects--Index Terms: Class of Fall 2011 Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow in Fiction Fellow

LC Class. No.: PS3608.A85