New York Times *Bestseller A San Francisco Chronicle* Top 10 Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post *Notable Fiction Book of 2017 A Time magazine and USA Today *Top 10 Novel of 2017 Winner of the Booklist* Top of the List for Fiction Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction* Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, The Guardian, Vogue, Esquire, Kirkus Reviews, Philadelphia Inquirer, BookPage, Bustle, Southern Living, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Immensely satisfying...an old-fashioned page-turner, tweaked by this witty and sophisticated writer...Egan is masterly at displaying mastery...she works a formidable kind of magic.” —Dwight Garner, The *New York Times* The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of *A Visit from the Goon Squad.* Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. ‎Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father’s life, the reasons he might have vanished. With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan’s first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men. Manhattan Beach is a deft, dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. It is a magnificent novel by the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, one of the great writers of our time.**

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Manhattan Beach [sound recording]

Le Mani Insanguinate (vintage)

Jennifer Egan; Norbert Leo Butz; Heather Lind; Vincent Piazza; Audioworks (Firm)

Maurizio De Giovanni

Audioworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Rizzoli

United States, United States of America

Vintage / [Rizzoli, Milano, 2015

Unabridged, 2017-10-03

Jun 05, 2018

Italy, Italy

Title from web page.
Compact disc.
Read by Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind and Vincent Piazza.

Source title: Manhattan Beach: A Novel

Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Anna observes the uniformed servants, the lavishing of toys on the children, and some secret pact between her father and Dexter Styles. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career as a Ziegfield folly, and her lovely, severely disabled sister. At a night club, she chances to meet Styles, the man she visited with her father before he vanished, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have been murdered.

"Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career with the Ziegfeld Follies, and her lovely, severely disabled sister. At a nightclub, she chances to meet Dexter Styles again, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished."--

Una Raccolta Introvabile Di Quindici Tra I Migliori Racconti Noir Di Un Grande Autore Di Gialli. De Giovanni Si Muove Con Agilità Tra Delitti Passionali E Storie Di Solitudini Covate Nella Rabbia, Amori Malati E Soprusi, Episodi Di Cronaca Osservati Dal Punto Di Vista Inedito Di Assassini E Criminali, Favole Cattive E Attuali Di Immigrazione E Violenza. Quindici Avventure Nerissime E Dolci Allo Stesso Tempo, Che Custodiscono E Valorizzano A Pieno Il Tono Unico Della Penna Di De Giovanni: Quello Humour Arguto E Quella Profondità Emotiva Senza Pari Che Insieme Riescono A Creare Personaggi Indimenticabili, Vivi E Commoventi. Senza Perdere Mai Il Gusto Per Il Colpo Di Scena Tanto Fulminante Da Lasciare Spiazzato Anche Il Lettore Più Esperto.

2020-10-11