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The Altruists

By Andrew Ridker

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The Altruists

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'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The Times Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories. Spanning New York, Paris, Boston, St. Louis, and a small desert outpost in Zimbabwe, The Altruists is a razor-sharp, darkly funny family saga from a sparkling new talent.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
308
Release Date:
2019-03-07
Publication Date:
2019-03-07
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1787331687
ISBN13:
9781787331686
Weight:
328 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
27 cm

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