The golden house : a novel

Resource Information

The work The golden house : a novel represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The golden house : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Salman Rushdie

Creator

• Rushdie, Salman

Author

• Rushdie, Salman

Subject

• FICTION / Satire
• Families -- Fiction
• Family secrets -- Fiction
• Motion picture producers and directors -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Political fiction
• Rich people -- Fiction
• FICTION / Literary
• Suspense fiction
• Visitors, Foreign -- Fiction
• Satirical literature
• FICTION / Political

Genre

• Satirical literature
• Suspense fiction
• Political fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"When the aristocratic Golden family moves into a self contained pocket of New York City, a park in Greenwich Village called "The Gardens," their past is an absolute mystery. They seem to be hiding in plain sight: Nero Golden, the powerful but shady patriarch, and his sons Petya, a high functioning autistic and recluse; Apu, the successful artist who may or may not be profound; and D, the enchanting youngest son whose gender confusion mirrors the confusion - and possibilities - of the world around him. And finally there is Vasilisa, the Russian beauty who seduces the patriarch to shape their American stories. Our fearless narrator is an aspiring filmmaker who decides the Golden family will be his subject. He gains the trust of this strange family, even as their secrets gradually unfold - love affairs and betrayals, questions of belonging and identity, a murder, an apocalyptic terror attack, a magical, stolen baby, all set against a whirling background in which an insane Presidential Candidate known as only The Joker grows stronger and stronger, and America itself grows mad. And yet The Golden House is a hopeful story, even an inspiring one - a story about the hope that surrounds, and is made brighter by, even the darkest of situations. Overflowing with inventiveness, humor, and a touch of magic, this is a full-throated celebration of human nature, a great American novel, a tale of exile wrapped in a murder mystery, a meditation on the nature of good and evil, a thrilling page turner, and a coming of age story for the ages"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.914

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6068.U757

LC item number

G65 2017

Literary form

fiction