Shimmer
Sarah Schulman
It is through the eyes of each of these richly drawn characters, whose lives overlap in unexpected and credible ways, that Schulman so artfully depicts the tempo and texture of one of the lowest points in American history. Here we witness a young, insecure, and vengeful Richard Nixon as he seeks to destroy Alger Hiss to advance his own career from the perspective of Sylvia, who reveals her desire to elect the Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry Wallace, and from that of racist, archconservative Van Cleeve, who would do almost anything to see Eisenhower in office. And, through Schulman’s sensitive and skillful prose, we experience the struggles Byfield must face to assert and maintain his integrity while trying to break out as a serious writer as he works to get his plays produced on Broadway.
A major departure for Schulman in both content and style, Shimmer is at once a memorable entertainment and an excellent evocation of race, class, and sex in postwar New York. –Kera Bolonik
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ISBN | 380976463 |
Genre | Fiction |
Copyright Date | 1998 |
Publication Date | 01-Sep-98 |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 273 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
BookID | 11733 |