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We begin our ascent
- Title
- We begin our ascent / Joe Mungo Reed.
- Author
- Reed, Joe Mungo
- Publication
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 244 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He's a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse but not yet a star. She's a geneticist on the brink of a major discovery, either that or a loss of funding. They've just welcomed their first child into the world, and their bright future lies just before them--if only they can reach out and grab it. But as Liz's research slows, as Sol starts doping, their dreams grow murkier and the risks graver. Over the whirlwind course of the Tour, they enter the orbit of an extraordinary cast of conmen and aspirants, who draw the young family ineluctably into the depths of an illegal drug smuggling operation. As Liz and Sol flounder to discern right from wrong, up from down, they are forced to decide: What is it we're striving for? And what is it worth? We Begin Our Ascent dances nimbly between tragic and comic, exploring the cost of ambition and the question of what gives our lives meaning. Reed melds the powerful themes of great marital dramas like Revolutionary Road with the humor, character, and heart of a George Saunders collection. Throughout, we're drawn inside the cycling world and treated to the brilliant literary sports-writing of modern classics like The Art of Fielding or End Zone .
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-3213
- ISBN
- 9781501169205
- 1501169203
- 9781501169229 (canceled/invalid)
- 150116922X (canceled/invalid)
- 9781501169212 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018014606
- OCLC
- 1006795887
- Author
- Reed, Joe Mungo, author.
- Title
- We begin our ascent / Joe Mungo Reed.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Reed, Joe Mungo. We begin our ascent. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018 9781501169212 (DLC) 2018018173
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-3213