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LEADER: 01570cam a22002177a 4500
001 2010283074
003 DLC
005 20120417082435.0
008 100929s2008 nyu 000 0 eng d
010 $a 2010283074
020 $a0822221802
020 $a9780822221807 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn173092448
040 $aYDXCP$cYDXCP$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dNBJ$dIXA$dMUM$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aMLCS 2011/40431
100 1 $aGreenberg, Richard,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe house in town /$cby Richard Greenberg.
260 $aNew York :$bDramatists Play Service,$cc2008.
300 $a61 p. ;$c20 cm.
520 $aThe time is New Year's Eve, 1929. In an elegant New York brownstone on "Millionaire's Row" (West 23rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues), Sam Hammer, a Jewish department store tycoon and his non-Jewish wife, Amy, bid their last few guests farewell with a parting wish: "A better year ahead." But, as that pivotal year begins, the shadow of the enormous London Terrace apartment complex under construction looms over their home. The shadow also portends Wall Street's impending collapse, and the growing strain upon the Hammer's marriage. Though Amy and Sam seem devoted to each other, their marriage has been childless, leading to a "what's-the-point" abandonment of sexual relations. The looming Great Depression is likely to put a crimp in the lavish lifestyle of the Hammers and their friends--just as the rapidly rising giant London Terrace apartments across the street is about to rob their house of much of its light.--From publisher's description.