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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
May 7, 2013
Pages
476
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345468475
ISBN-10
0345468473
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.62 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$26.00
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
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Autumn 1962: Ed Cantowitz and Hugh Shipley meet in their final year at Harvard. Ed is far removed from Hughâs privileged upbringing as a Boston Brahmin, yet his drive and ambition outpace Hughâs ambivalence about his own life. These two young men form an unlikely friendship, bolstered by a fierce shared desire to transcend their circumstances. But in just a few short years, not only do their paths divergeâone rising on Wall Street, the other becoming a kind of global humanitarianâbut their friendship ends abruptly, with only one of them understanding why.
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Can a friendship define your view of the world? Spanning from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the present-day stock market collapse, with locations as diverse as Dar es Salaam, Boston, Shenzhen, and Fishers Island, A Dual Inheritance asks this question, as it follows not only these two men, but the complicated women in their vastly different lives. And as Ed and Hugh grow farther and farther apart, they remain uniquelyâeven surprisinglyâconnected.
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Praise for A Dual Inheritance
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âA big, captivating sweep of a romance . . . a searching exploration of class and destiny in late-twentieth-century America.ââJennifer Egan
âThe best book about male friendship written this young century.ââDetails
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â[A] warm, smart, enjoyably complex novel . . . Both Hugh and Ed are lonely searchers . . . and [Hershonâs] skill in rendering each of them as flawed individuals is what makes the novel so readable and so rich. . . . A Dual Inheritance is an old-fashioned social novel that feels fresh because of its deft, clear-eyed approach to still-unspoken rules about ethnicity, money and identity.ââSan Francisco Chronicle
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âAn absorbing, fully-realized novel . . . [Hershon] renders the bookâs many locales with a nuanced appreciation for the way environment emerges out of the confluence of physical detail and social experience. . . . A Dual Inheritance never lets its readers forget they are reading a well-crafted novel, and as a well-crafted novel, it fully satisfies.ââThe Boston Globe
âThis marvelous novel is a mix of heartache and history. . . . Think of Anne Tyler and Tom Wolfe, both.ââVictor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver
â[An] engrossing saga.ââVogue
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âHershon artfully guides us through the lives of Ed and Hugh, college buddies who meet at Harvard in the â60s, shifting between their perspectives through adulthood to detail their lingering impact on one anotherâs lives in such a way that itâll make you take a second look at all of your relationships.ââGQ
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âLet this story of two Harvard menâs unexpected friendship and its sudden end transport you through time (beginning on Harvardâs campus in 1962) and place.ââThe Huffington Post
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âA richly composed . . . portrait of familial gravity and the wobbly orbits that bring us together again and again.ââKirkus Reviews
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âThis thought-provoking generational tale is a heartfelt and beautiful story of an unlikely friendship that fades at times, but never seems to go away.ââLong Island Press
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Autumn 1962: Ed Cantowitz and Hugh Shipley meet in their final year at Harvard. Ed is far removed from Hughâs privileged upbringing as a Boston Brahmin, yet his drive and ambition outpace Hughâs ambivalence about his own life. These two young men form an unlikely friendship, bolstered by a fierce shared desire to transcend their circumstances. But in just a few short years, not only do their paths divergeâone rising on Wall Street, the other becoming a kind of global humanitarianâbut their friendship ends abruptly, with only one of them understanding why.
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Can a friendship define your view of the world? Spanning from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the present-day stock market collapse, with locations as diverse as Dar es Salaam, Boston, Shenzhen, and Fishers Island, A Dual Inheritance asks this question, as it follows not only these two men, but the complicated women in their vastly different lives. And as Ed and Hugh grow farther and farther apart, they remain uniquelyâeven surprisinglyâconnected.
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Praise for A Dual Inheritance
Â
âA big, captivating sweep of a romance . . . a searching exploration of class and destiny in late-twentieth-century America.ââJennifer Egan
âThe best book about male friendship written this young century.ââDetails
Â
â[A] warm, smart, enjoyably complex novel . . . Both Hugh and Ed are lonely searchers . . . and [Hershonâs] skill in rendering each of them as flawed individuals is what makes the novel so readable and so rich. . . . A Dual Inheritance is an old-fashioned social novel that feels fresh because of its deft, clear-eyed approach to still-unspoken rules about ethnicity, money and identity.ââSan Francisco Chronicle
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âAn absorbing, fully-realized novel . . . [Hershon] renders the bookâs many locales with a nuanced appreciation for the way environment emerges out of the confluence of physical detail and social experience. . . . A Dual Inheritance never lets its readers forget they are reading a well-crafted novel, and as a well-crafted novel, it fully satisfies.ââThe Boston Globe
âThis marvelous novel is a mix of heartache and history. . . . Think of Anne Tyler and Tom Wolfe, both.ââVictor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver
â[An] engrossing saga.ââVogue
Â
âHershon artfully guides us through the lives of Ed and Hugh, college buddies who meet at Harvard in the â60s, shifting between their perspectives through adulthood to detail their lingering impact on one anotherâs lives in such a way that itâll make you take a second look at all of your relationships.ââGQ
Â
âLet this story of two Harvard menâs unexpected friendship and its sudden end transport you through time (beginning on Harvardâs campus in 1962) and place.ââThe Huffington Post
Â
âA richly composed . . . portrait of familial gravity and the wobbly orbits that bring us together again and again.ââKirkus Reviews
Â
âThis thought-provoking generational tale is a heartfelt and beautiful story of an unlikely friendship that fades at times, but never seems to go away.ââLong Island Press
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Ballantine Books (May 7, 2013)
9780345468475 | details & prices | 476 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.62 lbs | List price $26.00
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
Paperback
from Gardners Books (April 3, 2014)
9780349004204 | details & prices | 544 pages | List price $13.95
This edition also contains A Dual Inheritance, A Dual Inheritance
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
This edition also contains A Dual Inheritance, A Dual Inheritance
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
from Ballantine Books (March 11, 2014)
9780345468482 | details & prices | 488 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains A Dual Inheritance, A Dual Inheritance
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
This edition also contains A Dual Inheritance, A Dual Inheritance
About: For readers of Rules of Civility and The Marriage Plot, Joanna Hershonâs A Dual Inheritance is an engrossing novel of passion, friendship, betrayal, and classâand their reverberations across generations.
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