Manhattan Beach : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476716732
- ISBN: 1476716730
- ISBN: 9781476716756
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Physical Description:
438 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Colored map on endpapers. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 United States Fiction Young women Fiction |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | EGAN J (Text) | 33126022195758 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2017 May #1
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad goes historical as she recounts the story of Anna Kerrigan, who was barely adolescent when her father forged a secret agreement with the powerful Dexter Styles that she senses saved her family during the Depression. Later, while working as the first female diver repairing ships at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, she encounters Styles and begins to understand the consequences of her now-vanished father's decision.
Copyright 2017 Library Journal. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2017 September #1
The latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad) centers on the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II. Anna Kerrigan lives with her mother and disabled sister, Lydia, her father having disappeared years earlier. She works measuring ship parts at the yard but longs to be a diver, doing salvage and repair underwater. At first by chance and later by design, she encounters Dexter Styles, a gangster who may know something about her father's disappearance. Along the way, Anna usually takes the most reckless path, rarely considering the long-term consequences. The setting is rich and textured, and unexpected turns of phrase, such as a male naval officer being described as petite, startle and delight. Egan offers thrilling accounts of shipwreck and of Anna's diving training, avoiding most clichés in her depictions of the criminal underworld inhabited by Dexter and Anna's father, as well as the motivations and conflicted loyalties that that life brings.
Copyright 2017 Library Journal.VERDICT This large, ambitious novel shows Egan at the top of her game. Anna is a true feminist heroine, and her grit and tenacity will make readers root for her. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, 4/19/17.]âChristine DeZelar-Tiedman, Univ. of Minnesota Libs., Minneapolis