01657cam a2200277 4500 552993590 TxAuBib 20170915120000.0 170113|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016055310 9780812993226 hardcover : acidfree paper 0812993225 hardcover : acidfree paper (OCoLC)969161358 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA TXB YDX BDX VTL IUK DAD IGA JNE OCLCF CZA VP@ JP3 POSTP OCLCO TxAuBib Dee, Jonathan. The locals : a novel / Jonathan Dee. First edition. 383 pages ; 25 cm. "Mark Firth is a home builder in Howland, Massachusetts in the early 2000s who, after being swindled by a finanical advisor, feels opportunity passing him by. In the paranoid days after 9/11, a New York money manager, Philip Hadi, moves his family to Howland and hires Mark to turn his his house into a "secure location." When Howland's first selectman passes away suddenly, Hadi runs for office, and begins subtly transforming the town in his image. The collision of these two men and their very different worlds -- rural vs urban, middle class vs wealthy -- propels Jonathan Dee's new novel to a haunting conclusion. This is a novel that captures our fraught moment, but is timeless in its depiction of the American family"-- 20170915. Interpersonal relations Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Psychological fiction. lcgft Fiction.