num_pages: 264
description: Nominated for a National Book Award. ~ IF A YOUNG MAN finds his own father inconveniently ordinary, can he choose another? Jonathan Jaimison, the engagingly amoral hero, comes to New York from Silver City, Ohio for exactly such a purpose. Combing through his mother's diaries and the bars and cafes of Greenwich Village, Jonathan seeks out the writer or painter whose youthful indiscretion he believes he might have been, all the while committing numerous indiscretions of his own. By the end of the novel, Jonathan has figured out not only his paternity, but his maternity, and best of all, himself. Published in 1962, "The Golden Spur" was Dawn Powell's last novel.
language: English
title: The Golden Spur
titlecomplete: The Golden Spur
genres: American, New York, Female Authors, Modern, Literary Fiction, United States, Novels, Classics, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 303
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Zoland Books