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Book SynopsisThe final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy
Trade ReviewJane Smiley is a master of expansive, effortlessly readable sagas, and this is no exception. * Daily Mail *
The phrase Great American Novel gets bandied about a little too liberally, but rarely is the Great American Novelist in question a woman. It is an accolade that Smiley (who won a Pulitzer for
A Thousand Acres) richly deserves -- Sam Baker * The Pool *
With the Last One Hundred Years trilogy, [Smiley] surely confirms her place alongside Roth, Updike and Bellow as
one of the truly great chroniclers of 20th-century American life. . . The historical and political canvas of
Golden Age is
breathtaking in its expansiveness, and there is an epic quality to the trilogy as a whole. But Smiley is equally
compelling on the domestic and familial . . . Reading the Last One Hundred Years trilogy [is] such a
powerful,
moving and rewarding experience; a rare chance to witness, from the sidelines, five generations of a family unfold. -- Hannah Beckerman * Guardian *
