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The New City
Contributor(s): Amidon, Stephen (Author)

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 ISBN: 0385497636     ISBN-13: 9780385497633
Publisher: Anchor Books
OUR PRICE: $16.15  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2001
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Annotation: A thought-prooking thriller and a literate page-turner, Stephen Amidon's The New City takes aim at the suburban American dream and captures the real nightmare behind it.
It is 1973, the Vietnam War is winding down and the Senate Watergate hearings are heating up. But Newton, Maryland, is a model community, an enclave of harmony and prosperity. Through years of cunning legal maneuvering and smooth real-estate deals, the white lawyer Austin Swope has made the dream of this new city a reality. His best friend is Earl Wooten, the black master builder who raised Newton from its foundations. Their teenaged sons, Teddy and Joel, each the repository of his father's deepest hopes for the future, are inseparable buddies. But cracks begin to appear in this pristiine and meticulously planned community, and an innocent misunderstanding is about to set the two men who control its quiet streets on a fateful collision course.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Urban
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 99025619
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.57" W x 8.52" L (1.26 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 1970's
- Demographic Orientation - Suburban
- Geographic Orientation - Maryland
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 02/23/2001 pg. 155
 
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A thought-prooking thriller and a literate page-turner, Stephen Amidon's The New City takes aim at the suburban American dream and captures the real nightmare behind it.
It is 1973, the Vietnam War is winding down and the Senate Watergate hearings are heating up. But Newton, Maryland, is a model community, an enclave of harmony and prosperity. Through years of cunning legal maneuvering and smooth real-estate deals, the white lawyer Austin Swope has made the dream of this new city a reality. His best friend is Earl Wooten, the black master builder who raised Newton from its foundations. Their teenaged sons, Teddy and Joel, each the repository of his father's deepest hopes for the future, are inseparable buddies. But cracks begin to appear in this pristiine and meticulously planned community, and an innocent misunderstanding is about to set the two men who control its quiet streets on a fateful collision course.
 
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