Golden Age: A novel

<p><b>From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume, following <i>Some Luck</i> and <i>Early Warning, </i>of her acclaimed American trilogy<i> - </i>a richly absorbing new novel<i> </i>that brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond</b><br> <br> A lot can happen in one hundred years, as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as <i>Golden Age,</i> its final installment, opens in 1987, the next generation of Langdons face economic, social, political - and personal - challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before. <br><br> Michael and Richie, the rivalrous twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes world of government and finance in Washington and New York, but they soon realize that one's fiercest enemies can be closest to home; Charlie, the charming, recently found scion, struggles with whether he wishes to make a mark on the world; and Guthrie, once poised to take over the Langdons' Iowa farm, is instead deployed to Iraq, leaving the land - ever the heart of this compelling saga - in the capable hands of his younger sister. <br><br> Determined to evade disaster, for the planet and her family, Felicity worries that the farm's once-bountiful soil may be permanently imperiled, by more than the extremes of climate change. And as they enter deeper into the twenty-first century, all the Langdon women - wives, mothers, daughters - find themselves charged with carrying their storied past into an uncertain future. <br><br>Combining intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, <i>Golden Age </i>brings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of this unforgettable family - and the dynamic times in which they've loved, lived, and died: a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of American storytelling.</p><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>