Lawrence Wright: Mr. Texas
Mr. Texas
Buch
Artikel noch nicht erschienen, voraussichtlicher Liefertermin ist der 15.10.2024.
Sie können den Titel schon jetzt bestellen. Versand an Sie erfolgt gleich nach Verfügbarkeit.
Sie können den Titel schon jetzt bestellen. Versand an Sie erfolgt gleich nach Verfügbarkeit.
EUR 19,43*
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 10/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780593685525
- Bestellnummer: 11902100
- Umfang: 336 Seiten
- Gewicht: 259 g
- Maße: 203 x 132 mm
- Stärke: 18 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.10.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Weitere Ausgaben von Mr. Texas
Klappentext
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, a hilarious, sharply drawn send-up of local politics • A novel about a dark-horse candidate who risks his personal happiness for a career in the Texas House of Representatives • "Required reading in these politically turbulent times.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals“A rollicking satire . . ."— Paul Begala, The New York Times Book Review
Sonny Lamb is an affable, if floundering, rancher with the unfortunate habit of becoming a punchline in his Texas hometown. Most recently, to everyone’s headshaking amusement, he bought his own bull at an auction. But when a fire breaks out at a neighbor’s farm, Sonny makes headlines in another way: not waiting for help, he bolts to the farm where his heroic actions make the evening news.
Almost immediately, and seemingly out of nowhere, a handsomely dressed lobbyist from Austin arrives at his ranch door and asks if he’d like to run for his West Texas district’s seat in the state legislature. Though Sonny has zero experience and doesn’t consider himself political at all, the fate of his ranch—and perhaps his marriage to the lovely “cowgirl” Lola—hangs in the balance. With seemingly no other choice, Sonny decides to throw his hat in the ring .
As he navigates life in politics—from running a campaign to negotiating in the capitol—Sonny must learn the ropes, weighing his own ethics and environmental concerns against the pressures of veteran politicians, savvy lobbyists, and his own party. In tracing Sonny’s attempt to balance his marriage and morality with an increasingly volatile professional life, Lawrence Wright has crafted an irresistibly funny and clever roller-coaster ride about one man’s pursuit of goodness in the Lonestar State.
Biografie
Lawrence Wright, geb. 1947, ist ein mehrfach ausgezeichneter amerikanischer Autor, Drehbuchschreiber und Journalist. Er erhielt unter anderen den Pulitzer Prize, den Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. Seit 1992 arbeitet er für das Magazin 'The New Yorker'.![Lawrence Wright: Mr. Texas, Buch](https://media1.jpc.de/image/w468/front/0/9780593685525.jpg)
Lawrence Wright
Mr. Texas
EUR 19,43*