****A visionary and powerful debut thriller set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian near-future --with clear parallels to today's headlines--in which the future of humanity lies in the hands of one woman, a scientist who has stumbled upon a secret that the government will go to any lengths to keep
The garden of last days: a novel
โ Scribed by Andre Dubus III
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2008;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0393068846
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โฆ Synopsis
Explosive elements converge one early September night in a Florida men's club revealing the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed. Reluctantly bringing her daughter to her men's club office when her babysitter falls ill, stripper April endeavors to keep her child safe while servicing a wealthy foreign client, while a drunken regular angrily retaliates for being thrown out of the club.
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