Some Great Thing
Colin McAdam
ISBN: 9781616954437
Published: October, 2014
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Description
In his highly acclaimed debut novel, Colin McAdam depicts the struggle between twomen involved in building a city’s future: developer Jerry McGuinty, blue collar, selfmade, a master craftsman, and Simon Struthers, a civil servant from a prominent, wealthy background who shapes land-use policy. Jerry has a blind spot for his alcoholic wi...
In his highly acclaimed debut novel, Colin McAdam depicts the struggle between twomen involved in building a city’s future: developer Jerry McGuinty, blue collar, selfmade, a master craftsman, and Simon Struthers, a civil servant from a prominent, wealthy background who shapes land-use policy. Jerry has a blind spot for his alcoholic wife, and Simon moves between women, consumed by a frantic emptiness. When their two stories begin to intertwine, their lives and ambitions are set on a collision course. A richly observed story of family, class, love and the individual contributions we make to the bigness of the world, Some Great Thing is a powerful work from one of the most exciting voices of his generation.
Media
“This brash, ribald first novel bursts with energy and spirit ... Some Great Thing is a boisterous, uncompromising debut. ”
—Esquire
“A powerful, poetic, bawdily funny, and tenderly sad novel about class, about love, about drink, about poetics, about land, and about money—a few of the salient things that life and history are made of.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine
“The novel presents many voices, all of them mesmerizing ... McAdam displays a superb ear for dialogue.”
—Washington Post
“Compelling ... Technical prowess and a surprising empathy mark McAdam as a writer to watch.”