EAN: 9781784708863

THE TRAVELERS - REGINA PORTER KARTONIERT (TB)

When the boy was four  he asked his father why people needed sleep. His father said  'So God
could unfuck all the things people fuck up.' *LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL
FICTION 2020* As America recovers from the Second World War  two families' journeys begin.
James Vincent  born in 1942 to an Irish-American family  escapes his parents' turbulent
marriage and attends law school in New York  where he moves up the social ladder as a
prosperous and bright attorney. Meanwhile  Agnes Miller  a beautiful black woman on date with a
handsome suitor  is pulled over by the police on a rural road in Georgia. The terrible moments
that follow make her question her future and pivot her into a hasty marriage and new life in
the Bronx. Illuminating more than six decades of sweeping change - from the struggle for civil
rights and the chaos of Vietnam to Obama's first year as President - James and Agnes's families
will come together in unexpected  intimate and profoundly human ways. 'Regina Porter's
sprawling  sparkling debut novel... is an exhilarating ride. Porter is a wickedly astute
chronicler of human foibles. In her hands  this series of glimpses feels something like life
itself.' Guardian

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