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Lapham rising

Roger Rosenblatt

2006243 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Ecco · 243 pages · ENGISBN 9780060833619
  • 2009HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061986901
  • 2007Harper Perennial · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780060833626

Harry March is something of a wreck and more than half nuts. Up until now, he has lived peacefully on an island in the Hamptons with his talking dog, Hector, a born-again Evangelical and unapologetic capitalist. But March’s life starts to completely unravel when Lapham—an ostentatious multimillionaire who made his fortune on asparagus tongs—begins construction of a gargantuan mansion just across the way. To Harry, Lapham’s monstrosity-to-be represents the fetid and corrupt excess that has ruined modern civilization. Which means, quite simply, that this is war.

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