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Adam Haslett

February 21, 2010 - 4:00pm
February 21, 2010 - 6:00pm

 

Haslett's in last Sunday's NYT Book Review.

Union Atlantic on Feb Indie Next List!

Wikipedia Adam Haslett.

Read an interview with Haslett on the Wall Street Journal website.

Read his short story, The Beginnings of Grief, and another interview on The Barcelona Review.

Buzz all around! Check out the feature in New York Magazine.

 

We are genuinely thrilled to be a stop on Adam Haslett's tour for his much-anticipated debut novel, Union Atlantic.  His collection of stories, You Are Not a Stranger Here, was a finalist for both the National Book Award (2002) and the Pulitzer Prize (2003) and was named one of the five best books of 2002 by TIME Magazine. Now, Union Atlantic is becoming a publishing sensation with accolades like these:

"The first great novel of the new century. It's big and ambitious, like novels used to be. It's about us, now. All of us."
—Esquire

"Adam Haslett's page-turner of a debut novel ranges brilliantly from the Strait of Hormuz to the outskirts of Boston to the belly of the financial beast—New York's Federal Reserve. It explains to me, with humor and style and generosity, how we became America in the year 2009. A must read."
—Gary Shteyngart

“Adam Haslett has the rarest of talents: the ability to combine a powerful intelligence with storytelling that is both elegant and suspenseful, and to break your heart in the process. Union Atlantic is a masterful portrait of our age.”
—Malcolm Gladwell

At the heart of Union Atlantic 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. Irresistibly complex, imaginative, and witty, Union Atlantic is a singular work of fiction that is sure to be read and reread. Please join us in welcoming Adam Haslett to Houston.

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Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet St
Houston, Texas 77005-1451

Union Atlantic (Hardcover)

By Adam Haslett
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780385524476
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Nan A. Talese, 01/01/2010

You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories (Paperback)

By Adam Haslett
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780385720724
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Anchor, 08/01/2003

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