The Five Books of Robert Moses, Arthur Nersesian
The Five Books of Robert Moses, Arthur Nersesian
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The Five Books of (Robert) Moses

Author: Arthur Nersesian

Narrator: Cody Roberts

Unabridged: 60 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/28/2020

Categories: Fiction, Absurdist


Synopsis

After a domestic terrorist unleashes a dirty bomb in Manhattan in 1970, making the borough uninhabitable, FBI agent Uli Sarkisian finds himself in a world that is suddenly unrecognizable, as the United States faces its greatest immigration crisis ever: finding housing for millions of its own citizens. The federal government hastily retrofits an abandoned government installation in the Nevada desert. Despite the government's best intentions, as the military pulls out of "Rescue City," the residents are increasingly left to their own devices, and tribal gang warfare fuses with democracy, forming a frightening new political system: the gangocracy.

The Five Books of (Robert) Moses alternates between the outrageous present of Rescue City and earlier in the twentieth century, detailing the events leading up to the destruction of Manhattan. We simultaneously follow legendary urban planner Robert Moses through his early years and are introduced to his equally ambitious if somewhat unbalanced older brother Paul, a brilliant electrical engineer whose jealousy toward Robert and anger at the devastation caused by the man's urban "renewal" projects leads to a dire outcome.

About Arthur Nersesian

Arthur Nersesian is the author of fourteen books, including the cult-classic national best seller The Fuck-Up. He is a native New Yorker who runs a writing workshop in the East Village.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Loring

It's appropriate enough to be deemed a prime marketing advantage to point out that, three weeks before this novel was published, during the early summer days of protests against statues that followed the George Floyd unrest, several hundred protesters gathered in Babylon, NY to demand that a statue......more

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Goodreads review by Kim

I recently finished this beautiful saga and severely miss so many of the beautiful and multi dimensional characters. It was the perfect summer read! Or vacay. Or get us through Covid epic novel! The Five Books of Moses resurrects forgotten New York figures in history and weaves them into living, bre......more