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The Locals, Paperback / softback Book

The Locals Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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A rural, working class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this urgent and inspired novel for our times.

Mark Firth is a home builder in Howland, Massachusetts who, after being swindled by a financial advisor, feels opportunity passing him and his family by.

What future can he promise to his wife Karen and their young daughter Haley?

When a wealthy money manager, Philip Hadi, moves to Howland to escape post-9/11 New York, he hires Mark to turn his his house into a secure location.

The collision of these two men's very different worlds -- rural vs urban, middle class vs rich -- propels Jonathan Dee's powerful new novel.

After the town's first selectman passes away suddenly, Hadi runs for office and begins subtly transforming the town in his image with unexpected results for Mark and his extended family.

THE LOCALS is that rare work of fiction capable of capturing a fraught American moment in real time.

It is also a novel that is timeless in its depiction of American small town life.

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