Last of the Old Guard
by Auchincloss, Louis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0547152752
- ISBN 13
- 9780547152752
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Wadesville, Indiana, United States
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Synopsis
The American master Louis Auchincloss offers an intimate look behind the closed doors of a prominent New York law firm. Nearing the end of his days, Adrian Suydam, half the partnership of the law firm of Suydam & Saunders, reflects on his lifelong friendship and business relationship with Ernest Saunders, a tragic and complicated man incapable of properly loving anyone. In this perceptive novel, set against the backdrop of old New York, Auchincloss exposes the temptations and vicissitudes that thrust his characters toward unforeseen fates. Drawing on his career as a wills-and-trusts attorney, Auchincloss elegantly brings to life a stratum of society that few have seen. Through interwoven tales of family members, clients, and such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and the Astors, readers get an insider’s look at a secretive world. Touching, comical, and erudite, Last of the Old Guard is both a revealing history of a high-profile law firm and an intimate portrait of a poignant friendship between two men.
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- Days of Old Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- mon0000024119
- Title
- Last of the Old Guard
- Author
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0547152752
- ISBN 13
- 9780547152752
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008-12-01
- Size
- 0.9000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.7000 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 0.7500 lb
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