EAN: 9781784708863

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When the boy was four he asked his father why people needed sleep. His father said 'So God could unfuck all the things people fuck up.' *LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020* As America recovers from the Second World War two families' journeys begin. James Vincent born in 1942 to an Irish-American family escapes his parents' turbulent marriage and attends law school in New York where he moves up the social ladder as a prosperous and bright attorney. Meanwhile Agnes Miller a beautiful black woman on date with a handsome suitor is pulled over by the police on a rural road in Georgia. The terrible moments that follow make her question her future and pivot her into a hasty marriage and new life in the Bronx. Illuminating more than six decades of sweeping change - from the struggle for civil rights and the chaos of Vietnam to Obama's first year as President - James and Agnes's families will come together in unexpected intimate and profoundly human ways. 'Regina Porter's sprawling sparkling debut novel... is an exhilarating ride. Porter is a wickedly astute chronicler of human foibles. In her hands this series of glimpses feels something like life itself.' Guardian

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