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Paperback. Condition: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * The New Yorker * Esquire * The Austin Chronicle * Kansas City Star * The Guardian (UK) * BookPage * Flavorwire * Bookish "[A] big, brilliant novel."--The New York Times Book Review Who is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor's Children, and Wonder Boys--the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.   The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan's Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he's led and the people he's hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many years--before it's too late.   So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there's son Richard, a struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that inspired Ampersand. But only when the real purpose of this reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three generations of their family.   In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors. & Sons is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we make when faced with our own mortality. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE   "Big, brilliant, and terrifically funny."--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins   "Extraordinary."--Time   "Smart and savage . . . Seductive and ripe with both comedy and heartbreak, [& Sons] made me reconsider my stance on . . . the term 'instant classic.'"--NPR   "A big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life . . . [& Sons] does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters' memories . . . in layered, almost Proustian detail."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times   "[A] smart, engrossing saga . . . Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Claire Messud."--Entertainment Weekly   "Audacious . . . [one of the year's] most dazzlingly smart, fully realized works of fiction."--The Washington Post. …

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Hardback. Condition: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post - The New Yorker - Esquire - The Austin Chronicle - Kansas City Star - The Guardian (UK) - BookPage - Flavorwire - Bookish A] big, brilliant novel.--The New York Times Book Review Who is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor's Children, and Wonder Boys--the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan's Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he's led and the people he's hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many years--before it's too late. So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there's son Richard, a struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that inspired Ampersand. But only when the real purpose of this reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three generations of their family. In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors. & Sons is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we make when faced with our own mortality. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE Big, brilliant, and terrifically funny.--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins Extraordinary.--Time Smart and savage . . . Seductive and ripe with both comedy and heartbreak, & Sons] made me reconsider my stance on . . . the term 'instant classic.'--NPR A big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life . . . & Sons] does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters' memories . . . in layered, almost Proustian detail.--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A] smart, engrossing saga . . . Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Claire Messud.--Entertainment Weekly Audacious . . . one of the year's] most dazzlingly smart, fully realized works of fiction.--The Washington Post.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * The New Yorker * Esquire * The Austin Chronicle * Kansas City Star * The Guardian (UK) * BookPage * Flavorwire * Bookish "[A] big, brilliant novel."--The New York Times Book Review Who is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor's Children, and Wonder Boys--the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.   The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan's Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he's led and the people he's hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many years--before it's too late.   So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there's son Richard, a struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that inspired Ampersand. But only when the real purpose of this reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three generations of their family.   In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors. & Sons is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we make when faced with our own mortality. NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE   "Big, brilliant, and terrifically funny."--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins   "Extraordinary."--Time   "Smart and savage . . . Seductive and ripe with both comedy and heartbreak, [& Sons] made me reconsider my stance on . . . the term 'instant classic.'"--NPR   "A big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life . . . [& Sons] does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters' memories . . . in layered, almost Proustian detail."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times   "[A] smart, engrossing saga . . . Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Claire Messud."--Entertainment Weekly   "Audacious . . . [one of the year's] most dazzlingly smart, fully realized works of fiction."--The Washington Post. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post - The New Yorker - Esquire - The Austin Chronicle - Kansas City Star - The Guardian (UK) - BookPage - Flavorwire - Bookish A] big, brilliant novel.--The New York Times Book Review Who is A. N. Dyer? & Sons is a literary masterwork for readers of The Art of Fielding, The Emperor's Children, and Wonder Boys--the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths that fiction can hide. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more. The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan's Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he's led and the people he's hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many years--before it's too late. So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there's son Richard, a struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that inspired Ampersand. But only when the real purpose of this reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three generations of their family. In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors. & Sons is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we make when faced with our own mortality. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE Big, brilliant, and terrifically funny.--Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins Extraordinary.--Time Smart and savage . . . Seductive and ripe with both comedy and heartbreak, & Sons] made me reconsider my stance on . . . the term 'instant classic.'--NPR A big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life . . . & Sons] does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters' memories . . . in layered, almost Proustian detail.--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A] smart, engrossing saga . . . Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Claire Messud.--Entertainment Weekly Audacious . . . one of the year's] most dazzlingly smart, fully realized works of fiction.--The Washington Post.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Fine book ina Fine dust jacket. First Edition (stated)/ First Printing (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Book has light bumping to base of the spine else clean, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket has normal to heavy shelf/edge wear, chipping to head/base of spine and corners else fully intact and mostly bright and clean. Book is solid and likely unread but jacket has issues. …

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Flat signed on title page. First edition with full number line. DJ in protective mylar cover. A clean and tight copy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket with some moderate edge wear. Pages with very minor edge soil/dust smudging. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 434 pages.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 434pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & bumped. Dj corners & ends of spine lightly rubbed & chipped.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Full number line. Light edgewear with rubbed corners, tail and head of spine. Peeling at head of spine on DJ fmc2%262D.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st printing, 2014. Photo cover. Minor wear. Book.