Título: Caledonian Road: A Novel
Autor: Andrew O'Hagan
Sinopse: A Finalist for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families and their rising―and declining―fortunes.
Campbell Flynn, art historian, professor, and fêted fixture of the literati, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public―yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much.
He’s never taken other people half as seriously as they take themselves, which is the first of his mistakes. The second is a new project: opportunistic and precisely calibrated to rake in a fortune. Riding on the high of a best-selling biography of Vermeer and fielding more inquiries and requests than he has the time or patience to pursue, Campbell has nevertheless still not managed to shake the question of money. The fact of his quiet loan from a school friend now embroiled in scandal makes the ever-present worry feel even more pressing. His unflappable agent, Atticus; his steadfast wife, Elizabeth; his sister, Moira, crusading parliamentarian for the poor; his well-adjusted, well-off adult children, Angus and Kenzie; and all the outward trappings of success can’t conceal that something in his life is off.
As Campbell becomes increasingly entangled with a brilliant student, convention-smashing and working class, like he used to be, he feels he’s been given a second chance to embrace the change that frightens him, even as he sees trouble brewing for his family and friends. Campbell’s personal quest takes him down darker roads than he could have imagined, and all his worlds―the art scene and academia, fashion and the English aristocracy, journalism and the internet―collide in spectacular fashion, culminating in one shocking night on Caledonian Road.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Caledonian Road: A Novel”, de Andrew O'Hagan, publicado pela editora W. W. Norton & Company, em 2024 e com 608 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: W. W. Norton & Company
Páginas: 608
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1324074876
ISBN13: 9781324074878
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora W. W. Norton & Company oferecem uma experiência de leitura que combina rigor acadêmico com acessibilidade, frequentemente apresentando obras que dialogam com história, ciência e cultura contemporânea. O catálogo revela uma tendência a publicar textos que exploram temas complexos, como política, economia global, biografias detalhadas e debates filosóficos, sempre com um olhar que privilegia a profundidade e o contexto. As narrativas podem variar do ensaio crítico ao relato documental, incluindo também memórias e análises históricas, com um tom que ora é didático, ora reflexivo, mas sempre fundamentado em pesquisa sólida. Essa diversidade permite ao leitor transitar entre obras que são mais narrativas e outras que adotam um formato mais informativo e analítico.
