Century's Son

Century's Son is a piercing and visionary novel that explores the surprisingly diverse lives of one midwestern American family. In the years following the suicide of their teenaged son, husband and wife Morgan and Zhenya have settled into a staid and loveless marriage. Morgan is a one-time union leader who is now happy as a simple garbageman; Zhenya is a professor at the local state university, whose balance is about to be offset by the arrival of her famous father, a Russian political dissident-cum-American cultural critic who, among other things, claims to have had the chance to murder Stalin and now celebrates his hundredth birthday.

Author: Robert Boswell
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.52w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780312422318

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/13/2003 pg. 28

About the Author

Robert Boswell is the author of two story collections and five novels, including Mystery Ride and Crooked Hearts. He lives with his wife, the writer Antonya Nelson, and their two children, in Houston, Texas.

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