Great Expectations

Name: Great Expectations
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By Vinson Cunningham

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'A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington 'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan Abbott 'Rarer is a debut that announces a talent like Cunningham's' New York... Read More

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.

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'A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington 'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan Abbott 'Rarer is a debut that announces a talent like Cunningham's' New York Times A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man's life in the highly anticipated debut novel from one of The New Yorker's rising stars. I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. Great Expectations is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way, David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions—questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood—that force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America. Meditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, Great Expectations is both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529437768

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 May 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: riverrun

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 158.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 272

Collections

American & Canadian History Fiction General Fiction History & Military Literary Fiction Vinson Cunningham

About the Author

Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer and a theatre critic at The New Yorker and co-host of the podcast "Critics at Large." His essays, reviews, and profiles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Fader, Vulture, The Awl, and McSweeney's. A former staffer on Barack Obama's first presidential campaign and in his White House, Cunningham has taught at Sarah

Lawrence College, the Yale School of Art, and Columbia University's School of the Arts. He lives in New York City.