- Set
- in
- the
- 1950's,
- this
- epic,
- Warholian
- novel
- presents
- a
- brilliant
- and
- wholly
- original
- take
- on
- the
- years
- leading
- up
- to
- the
- Kennedy
- assassination.Where
- were
- you
- when
- you
- first
- heard
- President
- Kennedy
- had
- been
- shot?
- This
- is
- a
- question
- most
- people
- can
- answer,
- even
- if
- the
- answer
- is
- "I
- wasn't
- born
- yet."
- In
- this
- epic
- novel,
- David
- Bowman
- makes
- the
- strong
- case
- that
- the
- shooting
- on
- November
- 22nd,
- 1963
- was
- the
- major,
- defining
- turning
- point
- that
- catapulted
- the
- world
- into
- an
- entirely
- new
- stratosphere.
- It
- was
- the
- second
- big
- bang.In
- this
- hilarious,
- lightning-fast
- historical
- novel,
- Bowman
- follows
- the
- most
- famous
- couples
- of
- the
- decade
- as
- their
- lives
- are
- torn
- apart
- by
- post-war's
- new
- normal.
- We
- see
- Lucille
- Ball's
- bizarre
- interrogation
- by
- the
- House
- UnAmerican
- Activities
- Committee
- and
- Jackie
- Onassis'
- moonlight
- cruise
- with
- Frank
- Sinatra
- .
- We
- follow
- Norman
- Mailer
- and
- Arthur
- Miller
- as
- they
- attempt
- to
- get
- quickie
- divorces
- together
- at
- a
- loophole
- resort
- in
- Nevada
- and
- watch
- a
- young
- Howard
- Hunt
- snoop
- around
- South
- America
- with
- the
- newly
- founded
- CIA.
- A
- young
- Jimi
- Hendrix,
- now
- the
- epitome
- of
- counterculture
- cool,
- tries
- his
- luck
- as
- a
- clean
- cut
- army
- recruit.Written
- with
- an
- almost
- documentary
- film
- like
- intensity,
- BIG
- BANG
- is
- a
- posthumous
- work
- from
- the
- award-winning
- author
- of
- Let
- the
- Dog
- Drive.
- A
- riotous
- account
- of
- a
- country,
- perhaps,
- at
- the
- beginning
- of
- the end.
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