The Californians by Brian Castleberry New Arc Copy Paperback Book 3/11/25

Description: The Californians by Brian Castleberry Brand New Arc Copy Paperback Genre: Family saga fiction Its 2024, and Tobey Harlancollege dropout, temporary waiter, recently dumpedstealsfrom the wall of his fathers housethree paintings by the venerated and controversial artist Di Stiegl.Tobeys just lost everything he owns to a Northern California wildfire, and if he can sell the paintings (albeit in a shady way to a notorious tech bro) he can start life anew in a place no one will ever find him, perhaps even Oregon. A hundred years before, Klaus AaronsohnGerman-Jewish immigrant, resident of the Lower East Sideinveigles his way into a film studio in Astoria, Queens. In love with silent cinema, Klaus will restyle himself Klaus von Stiegl, a mysterious aristocratic German film director. In true Hollywood fashion, he will court fame, fortune, romance, and betrayal, and end his career directingBrackett: a radical, notorious 60s-era detective show. Weaving between Tobey and Klaus is the story of Diane Di Stiegl: Klauss granddaughter, raised in Palm Springs, who claws out a career as an artist in gritty 1980s NYC. As America yields the presidency to a Hollywood cowboy, as Dianes grifter father and free-spirited mother circle in and out of her life, Diane will reflect Americas most urgent and hypocritical years back to itself, uneasily finding critical adoration as well as great fame and wealth. A dazzling novelfor readers ofBeautiful Ruinsby Jess Walter andThe Candy Houseby Jennifer Egan,TheCaliforniansis an ambitious and sweeping journey across a century.Nuanced and textured, gloriously funny, a critical portrait of the collective American consciousness that has brought us to today, it showcases Brian Castleberry as an inventive, stylish storyteller and a sharp observer of the human condition. C

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The Californians by Brian Castleberry New Arc Copy Paperback Book 3/11/25

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Personalize: No

Type: Novel

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Fiction

Personalized: No

Features: Uncorrected Proof, ARC, Advance Copy, 1st Edition, Advance Reader Copy, Advance Reader Edition, Advance Reading Edition, Advance Reading Copy

Original Language: English

Intended Audience: Adults

Inscribed: No

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Unit Quantity: C

Edition: Arc, First Edition

Book Title: Californians : a Novel

Number of Pages: 384 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins

Topic: Sagas, Literary, Historical

Item Height: 1.1 in