A beautiful lyric hymn to the power of social unrest in American historyfunny and harrowing sweet and violent innocent and experienced it walks a dozen tightropes Anthony Doerr author of All the Light We Cannot See1909 Spokane Washington The Dolan brothers are living by their wits jumping freight trains and lining up for work at crooked job agencies While sixteenyearold Rye yearns for a steady job and a home his dashing older brother Gig dreams of a better world fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment But then Rye finds himself drawn to suffragette Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and her passion sweeps him into the world of protest and dirty business As a storm starts brewing questions of love sacrifice brotherhood and betrayal emerge threatening to overwhelm them all The Cold Millions is at once an intimate story and a stunning kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor dreams and reality Set against the panoramic backdrop of an early 20th century America Jess Walter offers a sensational tale that resonates powerfully with our own timeA brilliantly multifaceted panorama of early 20thcentury AmericaWalter is a writer whose work deserves a wide readership Sunday TimesA work of irresistible characters harrowing adventures and riproaring fun One of the most captivating novels of the year Washington Post
