{"product_id":"the-golden-house","title":"The Golden House","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities and reinvent themselves as Roman emperors living in a lavish house in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the powerful Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, René, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. René chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some decent intelligence work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvoking literature, pop culture, and the cinema, Rushdie spins the story of the American zeitgeist over the last eight years, hitting every beat: the rise of the birther movement, the Tea Party, gamergate and identity politics; the backlash against political correctness; the ascendency of the superhero movie, and, of course, the insurgence of a ruthlessly ambitious, narcissistic, media-savvy villain wearing make-up and with coloured hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Golden House, as entertaining as it is poignant, Rushdie has written a revelatory panorama of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46869010219177,"sku":"9781787330160","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781787330160.jpg?v=1773379034","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-golden-house","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}