The Son Philipp Meyer by Philipp Meyer 9780062120397, 0062120395 instant download after payment.

The Son maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim spanning 200 years, six generations and a great many eloquently evoked downfalls. It concentrates on one proudly purebred American family [the MCCulloughs] though the delusion of that heritage will die by the end of this story. Love, honor, even children are sacrificed in the name of ambition as the family becomes one of the richest powers in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices. Harrowing, panoramic, and vividly drawn, The Son is a masterful achievement from a sublime young talent.

"Philipp Meyer has demonstrated that he can write a potboiler of the first rank, aswirl with pulpy pleasures: impossible love affairs, illicit sex, strife between fathers and sons, the unhappiness of the rich, the corruptions of power."  -  Will Blythe, The New York Times Sunday Book Review