Title | The Bend of the World |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 308 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Bacharach, Jacob |
Publisher | Liveright Publishing |
City | New York |
Keywords | addiction; attorneys; Black Americans; French and Indian War; graduate students; Homestead Steel Strike of 1892; homosexuality; Italian Americans; Jewish Americans; museums; performance artists; physicians; police; rabbis; Roman Catholics; sculptors; UFOs; United Steelworkers |
Abstract | Peter Morrison, 29, is scion of an old Sewickley family but a slacker at a local company. When UFOs are reported over Mt. Washington and a Danish conglomerate tries to acquire his firm, Morrison’s life takes twists and turns. |
Author Biography | Jacob Bacharach (1982— ) grew up in Greensburg, Westmoreland County and Uniontown, Fayette County. He earned a BA in English at Oberlin College and an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. A staffer of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, he lives in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. |
Time | 2010s |