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The Golden House : A Novel by Salman Rushdie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**__NEW YORK TIMES__ BESTSELLER • A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts __The Great Gatsby__ and __The Bonfire of the Vanities__** On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family. Along with his improbable name, untraceable accent, and unmistakable whiff of danger, Nero Golden has brought along his three adult sons: agoraphobic, alcoholic Petya, a brilliant recluse with a tortured mind; Apu, the flamboyant artist, sexually and spiritually omnivorous, famous on twenty blocks; and D, at twenty-two the baby of the family, harboring an explosive secret even from himself. There is no mother, no wife; at least not until Vasilisa, a sleek Russian expat, snags the septuagenarian Nero, becoming the queen to his king—a queen in want of an heir. Our guide to the Goldens’ world is their neighbor René, an ambit

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Author
Salman Rushdie
Publisher
Random House
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780399592805
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Language Learning
Rating
3.69 / 5 (1,152 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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