From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Canin's marvelous tale of Corey Sifter, a young working-class man who goes to work for a powerful family and ends up entangled in a political debacle, is wonderfully realized by Robertson Dean, whose deep bass tone is at once powerful and intimate. Told from Sifter's perspective as an older man, Dean captures every possible emotion that saturates Sifter's tone, be it regret or affection, and it's hard not to be riveted. His shifts in tone and dialect for many characters are subtle, his pacing is steady. Dean is quite possibly the quintessential narrator.
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“A story in which the audacity of hope confronts the tenacity of power . . . We’ve waited a long time for a worthy successor to Robert Penn Warren’s
All the King’s Men and it couldn’t have arrived at a more auspicious moment.” —
Washington Post Book World“[A] many-layered epic of class, politics, sex, death, and social history . . . Its reach is wide and its touch often masterly.”—John Updike,
The New Yorker
“An intoxicating big book–in both size and ambition. Thrilling . . . luminous.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A sprawling, captivating, timely work of art . . . Beautifully written, thoughtful, and imbuing all of its principal characters with dignity and understanding,
America America is uncommon, ambitious and, like many of its characters, larger than life. . . . A novel that reminds us that fiction matters.”—
Houston Chronicle“Powerful and haunting, a major work.”—
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“A brilliant, serious book for serious readers.” —
San Diego Union-Tribune“Riveting and thought-provoking . . . [Canin] has unleashed all his considerable skills here, and it’s our reward that America America turns out to be his best and most affecting work.”—
Miami Herald“The most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation.”—National Public Radio
