Great Expectations (B PB): a national US Bestseller
Author: Vinson Cunningham
ISBN: 978-1529437782
Price: Rs. 486.40 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
''A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer'' Bryan Washington ''A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it''s a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory'' Megan Abbott A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man''s life in the highly anticipated debut novel from one of The New Yorker''s rising stars. I''d seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator''s idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he''ll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States''s first Black president. Great Expectations is about David''s eighteen months working for the Senator''s presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions-questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood that force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America. Meditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, Great Expectations is both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer. Read more
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 272 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1529437782.
About the Author
Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer and a theatre critic at The New Yorker and co-host of the podcast "Critics at Large." His essays, reviews, and profiles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Fader, Vulture, The Awl, and McSweeney's. A former staffer on Barack Obama's first presidential campaign and in his White House, Cunningham has taught at SarahLawrence College, the Yale School of Art, and Columbia University's School of the Arts. He lives in New York City.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1529437782
- Publisher
- riverrun
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What is this book about?
''A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer'' Bryan Washington ''A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it''s a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory'' Megan Abbott A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this for its rare blend of intimacy and scope. As you follow a young Black man swept into the orbit of a historic presidential campaign, the novel captures the thrill of belief, the cost of ambition, and the quiet moments that shape adulthood. Thoughtful, emotionally precise, and politically alive, it reads like a personal confession set against a turning point in history—absorbing, resonant, and hard to forget.
- Published by riverrun.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 272.
Catalog Description
''A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer'' Bryan Washington ''A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it''s a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory'' Megan Abbott A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man''s life in the highly anticipated debut novel from one of The New Yorker''s rising stars. I''d seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep...
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