The Emperor's Children (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307276667)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year - A bestselling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way--and not--in New York City.

"A masterly comedy of manners. . . . Splendid."--The New York Times Book Review

"Ambitious, glamorous, and gutsy. . . . A marvel of bold momentum and kinetic imagination." --Elle

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century

There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite--an "It" girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist--and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray's nephew, Frederick "Bootie" Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie's unexpected decisions--and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome--that will change each of their lives forever.

A richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune--of innocence and experience, seduction and self-invention; of ambition, including literary ambition; of glamour, disaster, and promise--The Emperor's Children is a tour de force that brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment.

Author: Claire Messud
ISBN-10: 030727666X
ISBN-13: 9780307276667
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/22/2007 pg. 24
Commonweal 06/20/2008 pg. 22
People Weekly 07/25/2011 pg. 48
Entertainment Weekly 08/12/2011 pg. 76
People Weekly 05/13/2013 pg. 57