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The Empire Rolls

- A Novel

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Sally LaChance leads a double life. By day, she works as a park ranger in a midsized Missouri town. At night, she acts as emcee for the local roller derby team, the Boonslick Bombers, at the Empire Roller Rink. Sally loses her temper one day and pulls a gun on a group of polluters in Karst Park. Her boyfriend, a video artist, captures the moment on film and posts the footage to YouTube, putting Sally's job, her relationships, and her life at risk. Just before the financial crash of 2008, Sally LaChance must wind her way through the crumbling economy, a DIY skating corps, angry veterans, a slacker boyfriend, an evangelical mother, the war machine, and ever-encroaching private interests. "The Empire Rolls" captures the changing cultural landscape of the Midwest at a critical moment in history. The Empire Rolls. And it is rolling still.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780913785485
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 302
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. november 2014
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x23 mm.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

Beskrivelse af The Empire Rolls

Sally LaChance leads a double life. By day, she works as a park ranger in a midsized Missouri town. At night, she acts as emcee for the local roller derby team, the Boonslick Bombers, at the Empire Roller Rink. Sally loses her temper one day and pulls a gun on a group of polluters in Karst Park. Her boyfriend, a video artist, captures the moment on film and posts the footage to YouTube, putting Sally's job, her relationships, and her life at risk. Just before the financial crash of 2008, Sally LaChance must wind her way through the crumbling economy, a DIY skating corps, angry veterans, a slacker boyfriend, an evangelical mother, the war machine, and ever-encroaching private interests. "The Empire Rolls" captures the changing cultural landscape of the Midwest at a critical moment in history. The Empire Rolls. And it is rolling still.

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