num_pages: 528
description: The critically acclaimed first novel from Jonathan Franzen, author of the prize winning and internationally bestselling, 'The Corrections'. St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, 'The Twenty-Seventh City' shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.
language: English
title: The Twenty-Seventh City
titlecomplete: The Twenty-Seventh City
characters: General Norris, S. Jammu, Duane Thompson, Martin Probst
genres: American, Unfinished, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Roman, Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4899
places: St. Louis, Missouri
publisher: 4th Estate