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Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's newest novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness-and explores what happens when two powerful personalities begin to break the rules.
Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress with a scandalous past. But on July 4, 1936, at her family's country home in the Adirondack Mountains, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's life: her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local artist, Jordan Groves, lands his biplane at the Cole's dock....
Moving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondack wilderness to the skies above war-torn Spain, The Reserve is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense that adds a new dimension to this acclaimed author's extraordinary repertoire.
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"Banks's willingness to confront. the hard truths about the world we live in. goes a long way toward explaining his longstanding reputation as one of America's finest contemporary fiction writers." -- Boston Globe
."..sexy, almost guilty pleasure of a read..." -- Elle Magazine
"Banks ranks among our boldest artists." -- Boston Globe
."..Banks has immersed himself in the time he's writing about and manages to evoke Hemingway without ever aping his style..."--Christian Science Monitor
"Banks...displays a vivid immediacy that puts you right in the middle of things."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A vividly imagined book. It has the romantic atmosphere of those great 1930s tales in film and prose, and it speeds the reader along from its first pages...Banks' talents are so large - and the novel so fundamentally engaging...THE RESERVE is a pleasure well worth savoring."--Scott Turow, Publishers Weekly
"A cool noir thriller...This is new and wonderful turf for this masterful storyteller."--William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed and Roscoe
"Banks ranks among our boldest artists."--Boston Globe
"[The Reserve]...holds lessons for our own time. It's a supremely well-written book..."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"As a love letter to the mountains and greenery and water, [The Reserve] conveys deep feeling."--Chicago Sun-Times
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."..sexy, almost guilty pleasure of a read..." -- Elle Magazine
"Banks ranks among our boldest artists." -- Boston Globe
."..Banks has immersed himself in the time he's writing about and manages to evoke Hemingway without ever aping his style..."--Christian Science Monitor
"Banks...displays a vivid immediacy that puts you right in the middle of things."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A vividly imagined book. It has the romantic atmosphere of those great 1930s tales in film and prose, and it speeds the reader along from its first pages...Banks' talents are so large - and the novel so fundamentally engaging...THE RESERVE is a pleasure well worth savoring."--Scott Turow, Publishers Weekly
"A cool noir thriller...This is new and wonderful turf for this masterful storyteller."--William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed and Roscoe
"Banks ranks among our boldest artists."--Boston Globe
"[The Reserve]...holds lessons for our own time. It's a supremely well-written book..."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"As a love letter to the mountains and greenery and water, [The Reserve] conveys deep feeling."--Chicago Sun-Times
Russell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.
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- PublisherHarper Large Print
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0061469025
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "At once a harrowing mystery, an illuminating psychological novel of subverted love and family dysfunction, and a powerful commentary on class structure in America . . . [Banks is] one of America's finest contemporary fiction writers." --Boston GlobePart love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's sharp-witted and deeply engaging novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness--and explores what happens when two powerful personalities, trapped at opposite ends of a social divide, begin to break the rules. Vanessa Cole is a stunningly beautiful and wild heiress. Twice-married, she has been scandalously linked to rich and famous men. On the night of July 4, 1936, inside her family's remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as the Reserve, Vanessa will lose her father to a heart attack--and meet Jordan Groves, a seductively carefree local artist. Jordan is easy prey for Vanessa's electrifying charm. But when Vanessa becomes unhinged by her father's unexpected death, she begins to spin out of control, manipulating and destroying the lives of all who cross her path.Moving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondacks to war-torn Spain and fascist Germany, and filled with characters that pierce the heart, The Reserve is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense and drama. Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's newest novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness-and explores what happens when two powerful personalities begin to break the rules. Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress with a scandalous past. But on July 4, 1936, at her family's country home in the Adirondack Mountains, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's life: her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local artist, Jordan Groves, lands his biplane at the Cole's dock. Moving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondack wilderness to the skies above war-torn Spain, "The Reserve" is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense that adds a new dimension to this acclaimed author's extraordinary repertoire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780061469022
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