| Human Capital Contributor(s): Amidon, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312424248 ISBN-13: 9780312424244 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: As the fortunes of two crumbling families become perilously interwoven, a terrible accident leads one of the patriarchs to begin speculating with human lives instead of money. The unforeseen consequences bring the novel to a devastating climax. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004043985 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.57" W x 8.56" (1.05 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stephen Amidon's Human Capital is a gripping novel of new money, old jealousies, and the secret lives of parents and children in the suburbs. Now a major motion picture It's the spring of 2001. Drew Hagel has spent the last decade watching things slip away--his marriage, his real estate brokerage, and his beloved daughter, Shannon, now a distant and mysterious high school senior. But as summer approaches, Drew forms an unexpected friendship with Quint Manning, the manager of a secretive hedge fund. Drew sees the friendship leading to vast, frictionless wealth, but Drew doesn't know that Manning has problems of his own: his Midas touch is abandoning him, his restless wife has grown disillusioned, and his hard-drinking son is careening out of control. As the fortunes of the Hagels and the Mannings collide, a terrible accident gives Drew the leverage he needs to stay in the game. At once brilliantly observed and masterfully paced, Human Capital deftly slices open the rich, corrupt heart of suburban America and lets its dark secrets bleed out (Elle). |
Contributor Bio(s): Amidon, Stephen: - STEPHEN AMIDON's previous books include The New City and Subdivision. He lived and worked in London for fifteen years before returning to the United States, where he lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts, with his wife and children. |