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The Long Take

The Long Take

Robin Robertson (born 1955)

English editions

Written in English

  • The Long Take

    Alfred A. Knopf · United States · 2 June 2020 · Paperback · 256 pages

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  • The Long Take

    Picador · United Kingdom · 22 February 2018

  • The Long Take

    Alfred A. Knopf · United States · November 2018 · Hardcover · 256 pages

  • The Long Take

    Picador · United Kingdom · 2019

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Walker came through D-Day but carries the war inside him and cannot face going back to his home in Nova Scotia. Hoping to lose himself, he heads for the big cities of the United States, above all Los Angeles, whose lights first dazzle him. Working as a junior reporter, he meets the city's violence, poverty and racism, and a story on homelessness takes him to San Francisco. Back in Los Angeles he finds whole blocks demolished for freeways and parking lots, and the noise of falling buildings brings back his memories of battle. Told in verse, the book follows a decent man trying to recover his own capacity for kindness while America grows paranoid, divided and corrupt.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
War (assigned by AI)
Set in
United States
First published
2018
Author's age
63 when first published
ISBN

9780525655213 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)

9781509886258 (Picador, United Kingdom)

9781524711429 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)

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