Noviembre de 2008: Barack Obama gana las elecciones. Entre los republicanos cunde el desánimo ante la deriva que puede tomar el país, y algunos de los millonarios donantes del partido –con el Todopoderoso al frente– deciden urdir un plan para manipular a la opinion pública y actuar contra el gobierno salido de las urnas. La nueva novela de A. M. Homes es una sátira demoledora de la América contemporánea, así como de las derivas conspirativas y conspiranoicas del ala más derechista e inclemente del Partido Republicano.
The Big Guy loves his family, money and country. Undone by the results of the 2008 presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of the American Dream. As they build a scheme to disturb and disrupt, the Big Guy also faces turbulence within his family. His wife, Charlotte, grieves a life not lived, while his 18-year-old daughter, Meghan, begins to realize that her favorite subject -history- is not exactly what her father taught her. In a story that is as much about the dynamics within a family as it is about the desire for those in power to remain in power, Homes presciently unpacks a dangerous rift in American identity, prompting a reconsideration of the definition of truth, freedom and democracy, and exploring the explosive consequences of what happens when the same words mean such different things to people living together under one roof.
