num_pages: 431
description: From a writer “of near-miraculous perfection” (The New York Times Book Review) and “a literary intelligence far surpassing most other writers of her generation” (San Francisco Chronicle), The Emperor’s Children is a dazzling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way—and not—in New York City. There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite—an “It” girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist—and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray’s nephew, Frederick “Bootie” Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie’s unexpected decisions—and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome—that will change each of their lives forever. A richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune—of innocence and experience, seduction and self-invention; of ambition, including literary ambition; of glamour, disaster, and promise—The Emperor’s Children is a tour de force that brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment.
language: English
title: The Emperor's Children
titlecomplete: The Emperor's Children
genres: American, New York, Book Club, Unfinished, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 20786
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: NAIBA Book of the Year
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf