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Temporary Palaces: A Novel
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For Readers Of Jennifer Egan And Heather ONeill Comes A Blazing Debut Novel Set In The Diy Music And Arts Scene Of The Early 2000Sin The Fevered Summer Of 2001, Charismatic Activist Rob And His Collective Set Up A Squat In An Abandoned House. His Bandmate And Lover, Ben, Watches Anxiously As His Own Plans Are Threatened By RobS Choice Of Radical Politics Over Music. Meanwhile, Photographer Alex Finds Herself Torn Between Documenting The Chaos Of The Scene And Saving The Friendship That Binds Them Together. When The Police Break Up The Squat, Rob Vanishes, And The Dream Dies.Ten Years Later, Alex And Ben Find Each Other AgainSheS Conquering MontrealS Contemporary Art World, HeS Running A Thriving Restaurant In Ottawa. But Their Success Feels Hollow. As They Excavate Their Shared Past, They Must Confront The Ghost Of RobS Disappearance And The Trauma That Pushed Them Apart.Pulsing With The Raw Energy Of Basement Punk Shows And Diy Creativity, LateNight Manifestos And First Heartbreaks, Temporary Palaces Is A Stunning Debut That Captures A Generation Caught Between Idealism And Survival, Art And Activism, The Dreams That Define Us And The Compromises That Save Us.
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