Up Down & Sideways

Robert H. Patton

Sinossi

At twenty-four, Philip Halsey has too much of everything. His stock market investments have replicated like breeding hamsters, and his recent real estate venture seems sure to score big in the Reagan boomtime eighties. Philip’s discovery that he’s not the scion of old New England wealth, but rather the son of a penniless Jewish immigrant, marks the first shudder of earth beneath his feet.

Disponibile da: 22/12/2015.

Lunghezza di stampa: 156 pagine.

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