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The Golden Spur

by Dawn Powell · 1962

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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.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisOhioOhioMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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