{"product_id":"five-books-of-robert-moses-the","title":"Five Books of (Robert) Moses, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic, playful, brutal, sweeping, and always entertaining reimagining of New York City history, presaging today's political tyranny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA postmodern masterwork that outdoes Pynchon in eccentricity--and electricity, with all its dazzling prose.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of modern speculative adventure.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Nersesian's work is a tale of extremes. The finished product weighs more than 4 pounds. If he stacked all his manuscript pages since he began the book back in 1993 it would stand 6 feet tall, a shade taller than himself, Mr. Nersesian says...Main characters include a fictionalized Robert Moses, the powerful public official who reshaped New York City and its environs, and his brother Paul, an electrical engineer. A difficult relationship between the two has dire consequences. There are also pop-culture favorites from the period, including psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary; urbanologist Jane Jacobs, and poet Allen Ginsberg. All are intended to show readers how the value of culture erodes in an isolated world.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Nersesian is the Bard of Lower East Side Manhattan...He knows every street corner, every bar, store, book stall, and even the famous 100-year-old Russian shvitz on 10th Street. Nobody does it better. Not Don DeLillo, not Richard Price, and not William Burroughs.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sprawling, engrossing Pentateuch of an alternate New York City...Nersesian's binge-worthy odyssey is a singularly wild ride.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNersesian is one of my favorite New York authors; this tome is one to lose yourself in.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBob Odenkirk\u003c\/b\u003e, actor, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a domestic terrorist unleashes a dirty bomb in Manhattan in 1970, making the borough uninhabitable, FBI agent Uli Sarkisian finds himself in a world that is suddenly unrecognizable as the United States is faced with its greatest immigration crisis ever: finding housing for millions of its own citizens. The federal government hastily retrofits an abandoned military installation in the Nevada desert, vast in size. Despite the government's best intentions, as the military pulls out of Rescue City, the residents are increasingly left to their own devices, and tribal warfare fuses with democracy, forming a frightening evolution of the two-party system: the gangocracy. Years after the Manhattan cleanup was supposed to have been finished, Uli travels t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328640827492,"sku":"9781617754999","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/five-books-of-robert-moses-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}