Synopsis:

From the celebrated author of The Palace Thief and Emperor of the Air, comes this stunning novel about the relationship between two very different men. Orno Tarcher travels from a small town in Missouri to New York City to attend Columbia University, where he begins a new life feeling unsophisticated and insecure. He soon strikes up a friendship with Marshall Emerson, a seductive and brilliant New Yorker whose sophistication dazzles Orno. As time passes, Marshall is revealed to be bent on destruction, and Orno’s involvment with Marshall’s worldly sister further complicates their friendship. Carefully crafted and skillfully informed by the works of Fitzgerald and Waugh, For Kings and Planets is a remarkable novel. A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis StarTribune bestseller, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998.

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Topics/Categories:

Friendship, New York City, Romance, Self-Destruction, Transformation

Best Sellers:

Boston Globe Best Seller Los Angeles Times Best Seller Minneapolis StarTribune Best Seller New York Times Best Seller San Francisco Chronicle Best Seller

Type of Work:

Book Novel

Publishers:

Picador USA

Awards:

Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998

Purchase From:

Amazon

Original Publish Date:

August 11, 1998

Formats and associated ISBNs:

0312241259

Formats:

Hardcover, Paperback

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