Century’s Son (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Boswell
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The last year of the twentieth century
- Setting: A college town in Illinois, population 150,000
- Principal Characters: Morgan, Zhenya Morgan, Emma Morgan, Philip Morgan, Peter Ivanovich Kamenev, Danny Ford, Roy Oberland, Adriana East
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Parents and children, Suicide, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Guilt, Genius, Fathers, Death or dying, Truthfulness and falsehood, Drinking or drunkenness, Old age or elderly people, Russia or Russian people, Soviet Union or Soviets, Illinois, Hedonism, College or university towns
- Locales: Illinois
The title of Robert Boswell’s new novel, Century’s Son, refers to the fact that the protagonist, Peter Ivanovich Kamenev, claims to have lived throughout the entire twentieth century and to have known many of the most important figures of that turbulent epoch. This earthy old man will remind readers of Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, who was a renegade, a heavy drinker, and a notorious bottom-pincher. Kamenev may also remind readers of the actor Akim Tamiroff (1901-1972), the fictional character Zorba the Greek, and possibly a little of novelist Vladimir Nabokov...
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