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008 230525s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng
010 $a2023019744
020 $a9781250903600 (hardcover)
020 $a1250903602 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)1380380642
035 $a(SKY)sky308220766
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082 00 $a813/.6 $223/eng/20230525
092 $aCHUA
100 1 $aChua, Amy, $eauthor.
245 14 $aThe golden gate / $cAmy Chua.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
263 $a2309
264 1 $aNew York : $bMinotaur Books, $c2023
300 $a371 pages ; $c25 cm.
336 $atext $btxt $2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated $bn $2rdamedia
338 $avolume $bnc $2rdacarrier
520 $a"Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs. A rich industrialist with enemies among the anarchist factions on the far left, Walter Wilkinson could have been targeted by any number of groups. But strangely, Sullivan's investigation brings up the specter of another tragedy at the Claremont, ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the Bainbridge family, one of the wealthiest in all of San Francisco. Some say she haunts the Claremont still. The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses, now adults: Iris's sister, Isabella, and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Determined not to let anything distract him from the truth-not the powerful influence of Bainbridges' grandmother, or the political aspirations of Berkeley's district attorney, or the interest of China's First Lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in his findings-Sullivan follows his investigation to its devastating conclusion. Chua's page-turning debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and groundbreaking forensic advances, when race and class defined the very essence of power, sex, and justice, and introduces a fascinating character in Detective Sullivan, a mixed race former Army officer who is still reckoning with his own history"-- $cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMurder $xInvestigation $vFiction.
650 0 $aAssassination $vFiction.
650 0 $aPresidential candidates $xAssassination $vFiction.
650 0 $aUpper class $vFiction.
650 0 $aAsian Americans $vFiction.
650 0 $aPassing (Identity) $vFiction.
650 0 $aRacially mixed people $vFiction.
650 0 $aHeiresses $vFiction.
655 7 $aThrillers (Fiction) $2lcgft
655 7 $aHistorical fiction. $2lcgft
655 7 $aMystery fiction. $2lcgft
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