Big If : A Novel
por Costello, Mark
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"...It's winter in New Hampshire, the economy is booming, the vice president is running for president, and his Secret Service people seem very, very tense. Mark Costello's funny, unsettling novel, a riff on recent history, tells the story of five Americans -- bodyguards and soccer dads and campaign volunteers -- longing for security in the crowd lines and in their own lives..."
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The Secret Service agents guarding the vice president steel their nerves to a multitude of dangers every day. When he runs for the top spot on the Democratic ticket, however, their personal lives may just be the biggest obstacle to keeping him safe. Wry, muscular Vi Asplund is the daughter of an atheist insurance adjuster who took the young Vi and her brother, Jens, to the grisly accident scenes he covered. This tolerance for the macabre follows Vi into her career as an agent, and into Jens's development as the software designer for a gorey video game. Chief-of-detail Gretchen Williams fights to keep the team in order, while Agent Tashmo, a veteran presidential guard, reflects on the glory days of the Reagan administration. As the primary approaches, these intense men and women balance their own lives with that of the vice president. An astounding novel of survival and absurdity, Big If casts a sharp eye on America today.
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- Livreiro
- Nooks Of Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 203-2247
- Título
- Big If : A Novel
- Autor
- Costello, Mark
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Edição
- First Edition, First Printing
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0393051161
- ISBN 13
- 9780393051162
- Editorial
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Local de publicação
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Data de publicação
- 2002
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