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Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny as it is sad, Good as Gold is a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart -- a story that is inimitably Heller.
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Dr. Bruce Gold, a forty-eight-year-old Jewish professor of English, faces the possibilities of being appointed to a high State Department position and being disowned by his family.
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Angrily funny,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Good as Gold (Taschenbuch)
To be inside Gold's mind as he deals with his family, job and friends is very amusing and entertaining. I enjoyed every moment I spent reading this book and actually laughed outloud several times. Great for angry young men of every age.
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I almost feel guilty loving this book.,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Good as Gold (Taschenbuch)
The Marquis de Sade couldn't have done a better job giving us a character to pity (at first): his family (described above by a fellow reviewer) is complete bedlam, some siding with others, some hating others, some just simply being bitter not to be mean but just because that'S the way they are. Poor, poor Gold. Or so we think at first, until he starts being glorified by the White House and his friend, Ralph, sometimes suspected of being anti-Semitic - yes, Gold is a Jew - offers him a job (unless he can't offer him a job), where he will be able to guarantee success and prosperity (unless he can't). Being promoted without even having a title, Gold climbs the government ladder, pleasing everyone with his bitter jokes that, for some reason, are appreciated because they are taken seriously. He separates from his wife (who barely seems to notice), he meets a Washington girl, Andrea, who he must marry in order to gain enough respect in the White House's eye to gain a respectable title, but Andrea wishes to marry him only when he achieves this title. Clearly, this book is for you, no?
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The book is funny, humerous, and the details seem true!!!,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Good as Gold (Taschenbuch)
Dr. Bruce Gold, the youngest male in the family, with an older brother, four older sisters, and a younger sister, is slated for a high-placed government job. A friend of his, Ralph Newsome, has promised him an important place in the current administration. Newsome never really tells Gold what the job is and is constantly contradicting himself. He tells Gold innumerable times that the administration (the President) is very proud of his work, even though he hasn't really done any work at all. For example, he served on a committee that met only twice- long enough to have coffee. Then they dissolved the committee saying that their job was complete. Gold was supposed to write a report, which, of course, he didn't, but everyone still complemented him on it. Gold is impressed with his own ability to do well in government, but feels his wife, Belle, would not be accepted in the social circles, so he reacquaints himself with a wealthy daughter of a man who can further his ambitions. They enter into an affair and become secretly engaged with the stipulation that he leave his wife. He also enters into relationships with other women; he falls into and out of love when he has the time. Gold has committed himself to write a book about Jewish life in America. He has even received money from his publisher for the endeavor. He also has been gathering information for many years about Henry Kissinger and plans a book aobut him. In the end he decides to remain with his wife, and to write the book about Kissinger. Unbeknownst to him, this book really is really the story about Jewish life in America. This book relates all the predjudices, ups-and-downs, etc. of being Jewish. This book was funny, humerous, and the details seem too true. The descriptions of relationships within the family were especially humerous and witty.
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