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Автор: Jacobs Chip
Название: Arroyo
ISBN: 9781644280287
Издательство: Rare Bird Books
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Модернистская и современная художественная литература

ISBN-10: 1644280280
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.57 кг.
Дата издания: 15.10.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 161 x 235 x 36
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: A novel
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A Los Angeles Times bestseller

A CrimeReads 2019 most anticipated/best book

Set against two distinct epochs in the history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells the parallel stories of a young inventor and his clairvoyant dog in 1913 and 1993. In both lives, they are drawn to the landmark Colorado Street Bridge, or Suicide Bridge, as the locals call it, which suffered a lethal collapse during construction but still opened to fanfare in the early twentieth century automobile age. When the refurbished structure commemorates its 80th birthday, one of the planets best known small towns is virtually unrecognizable from its romanticized, and somewhat invented, past.

Wrought with warmth and wit, Jacobs debut novel digs into Pasadenas most mysterious structure and the city itself. In their exploits around what was then Americas highest, longest roadway, Nick Chance and his impish mutt interact with some of the big personalities from the Progressive Age, including Teddy Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Lilly and Adolphus Busch, whose gardens were once tabbed the eighth wonder of the world. They cavort and often sow chaos at Cawston Ostrich Farm, the Mount Lowe Railway, the Hotel Green and even the Doo Dah Parade. But its the secrets and turmoil around the concrete arches over the Arroyo Seco, and what it means for Nicks destiny, that propels this story of fable versus fact.

While unearthing the truth about the Colorado Street Bridge, in all its eye-catching grandeur and unavoidable darkness, the characters of Arroyo paint a vivid picture of how the home of the Rose Bowl got its dramatic start.

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