The Resource Union Atlantic : a novel, Adam Haslett
Union Atlantic : a novel, Adam Haslett
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The item Union Atlantic : a novel, Adam Haslett represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- At the heart of this novel lies a test of wills between a young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired schoolteacher, Charlotte Graves, whose two dogs have begun to speak to her. When Doug builds an ostentatious mansion on land that Charlotte's grandfather donated to the town of Finden, Massachusetts, she determines to oust him in court. As a senior manager of Union Atlantic bank, a major financial conglomerate, Doug is embroiled in the company's struggle to remain afloat. It is Charlotte's brother, Henry Graves, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, who must keep a watchful eye on Union Atlantic and the entire financial system. Drawn into Doug and Charlotte's intensifying conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school senior who unwittingly stirs powerful emotions in each of them
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385524476
- Label
- Union Atlantic : a novel
- Title
- Union Atlantic
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Haslett
- Title variation
- First Atlantic
- Subject
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- trueHouse construction
- trueMental illness
- Older women
- Older women -- Fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- trueSenior women
- trueSocial classes
- Social classes
- Social classes -- Fiction
- trueBank failures
- Bankers
- trueBankers
- Bankers -- Fiction
- trueBanks and banking
- trueBetrayal
- Fiction
- trueHigh school students
- High school students
- High school students -- Fiction
- House construction
- House construction -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueLand claims
- trueMassachusetts
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the heart of this novel lies a test of wills between a young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired schoolteacher, Charlotte Graves, whose two dogs have begun to speak to her. When Doug builds an ostentatious mansion on land that Charlotte's grandfather donated to the town of Finden, Massachusetts, she determines to oust him in court. As a senior manager of Union Atlantic bank, a major financial conglomerate, Doug is embroiled in the company's struggle to remain afloat. It is Charlotte's brother, Henry Graves, the president of the New York Federal Reserve, who must keep a watchful eye on Union Atlantic and the entire financial system. Drawn into Doug and Charlotte's intensifying conflict is Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school senior who unwittingly stirs powerful emotions in each of them
- Award
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 332637
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haslett, Adam
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
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- Bankers
- Older women
- High school students
- House construction
- Social classes
- Bankers
- High school students
- House construction
- Older women
- Social classes
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts
- Label
- Union Atlantic : a novel, Adam Haslett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 756306
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385524476
- Lccn
- 2009011875
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780385524476
- (OCoLC)317361763
- Label
- Union Atlantic : a novel, Adam Haslett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 756306
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385524476
- Lccn
- 2009011875
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385524476
- (OCoLC)317361763
Subject
- trueHouse construction
- trueMental illness
- Older women
- Older women -- Fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- trueSenior women
- trueSocial classes
- Social classes
- Social classes -- Fiction
- trueBank failures
- Bankers
- trueBankers
- Bankers -- Fiction
- trueBanks and banking
- trueBetrayal
- Fiction
- trueHigh school students
- High school students
- High school students -- Fiction
- House construction
- House construction -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueLand claims
- trueMassachusetts
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts -- Fiction
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