The Establishment, Howard Fast
The Establishment, Howard Fast
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The Establishment

Author: Howard Fast

Narrator: Sandra Burr

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/08/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

In The Establishment, Howard Fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the Dan Lavette family story begun in The Immigrants and continued in Second Generation. Howard Fast again brings to life a cast of characters whose lives become a portrait of their time. Listeners will witness the events in the lives of the children of Dan Lavette: Follow daughter Barbara Lavette, a strong and magnetic personality, from tragedy to final fulfillment; observe the elder son, Tom, as he quests for and finally succumbs to his own unscrupulous drive for power; and feel the conflict as the younger son, Joe, struggles between dedication to his medical work to the poor and having no emotional strength left for his beautiful wife left alone.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin on October 05, 2021

The first two novels in this series covered ~ 50 years of history, for both the Lavette family as well as world history. But this third one narrows the focus considerably, detailing just a few years. I can't help but wonder if the series started with only a single novel which sold well and therefore......more

Goodreads review by Bodosika on August 31, 2020

An interesting read......more

Goodreads review by Francyy on August 17, 2018

Forse meno coinvolgente dei primi due, ma la saga Lavette resta sempre una piacevole lettura......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on August 26, 2017

I was not as impressed with this book as his masterpiece Citizen Tom Pain. There is less historic fact and more propaganda in the book and if I were to recommend Howard Fast, I would definitely go with Citizen Tom Pain.......more

Goodreads review by George on December 10, 2018

COMPELLING READING. “I stand at the rim of a lunatic asylum called civilization, and I listen to the obscenities of so-called leaders.” (p. 323). The Establishment (Lavette Family #3), by Howard Fast is another absorbing novel of historical fiction. In this, the third novel in the (fictional) Lavette......more

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