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"Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist who's also a world-class storyteller."-Russell Banks Francine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and dreadful in My New American Life, a darkly humorousnovel of mismatched aspirations, Albanian gangsters, and the ever-elusiveAmerican dream. Following her New York Times bestselling novels BlueAngel and A Changed Man, Prose delivers the darkly humorous storyof Lula, a twenty-something Albanian immigrant trying to find stability andcomfort in New York City in the charged aftermath of 9/11. Set at the frontlines of a cultural war between idealism and cynicism, inalienable rights andimplacable Homeland Security measures, My New American Life is a movingand sardonic journey alongside a cast of characters exploring what it means tobe American.

My New American Life: A Novel

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"Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist who's also a world-class storyteller."-Russell Banks Francine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Publication Date: 08/05/2012
    ISBN13: 9780061713798, 978-0061713798
    ISBN10: 0061713791

    Number of Pages: 336

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    "Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist who's also a world-class storyteller."-Russell Banks Francine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and dreadful in My New American Life, a darkly humorousnovel of mismatched aspirations, Albanian gangsters, and the ever-elusiveAmerican dream. Following her New York Times bestselling novels BlueAngel and A Changed Man, Prose delivers the darkly humorous storyof Lula, a twenty-something Albanian immigrant trying to find stability andcomfort in New York City in the charged aftermath of 9/11. Set at the frontlines of a cultural war between idealism and cynicism, inalienable rights andimplacable Homeland Security measures, My New American Life is a movingand sardonic journey alongside a cast of characters exploring what it means tobe American.

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