The Meritocracy Quartet, by Jeffrey Lewis
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Acclaimed writer Jeffrey Lewis is known for his deft portrayals of relatable figures from all walks of life. In The Meritocracy Quartet, his four interlinking novels—Meritocracy: A Love Story, The Conference of the Birds, Theme Song for an Old Show, and Adam the King—have been brought together for the first time into a single volume. Set against the backdrop of the changing American landscape over four decades, The Meritocracy Quartet is a testament to the country’s evolving personality. The quartet follows Louie, a Yale graduate from a modest background with a gift for forging connections in high and low places. Beginning in the 1960s, as he documents a going-away party for a fellow Yalie on his way to Vietnam, and continuing through his spiritual encounters with a 1970s group of city misfits, his turn to television writing in the 1980s, and a tragic love story between two of his close friends in the 1990s, Louie chronicles not only his own personal struggles—his silent love for his best friend’s girl, his delicate relationship with an at-times absent father—but also the attitudes, events, and people that marked his generation. From the Vietnam War to George W. Bush, from television trends to the divide between the haves and have-nots, The Meritocracy Quartet is a moving witness to everything America had to offer in the latter portion of the twentieth century.
The Meritocracy Quartet, by Jeffrey Lewis- Amazon Sales Rank: #256652 in Books
- Brand: Lewis, Jeffrey
- Published on: 2015-03-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.75" h x 2.20" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 742 pages
Review “Lives are not seamlessly sewn together, but rather forged by coincidence, necessity, and expectation, a fact that Lewis brilliantly conveys. . . . Lewis’ memories portray a modern, American life.” (San Francisco Book Review)“You start with these characters, and through them you tell a social history of the country. . . . I really can't recommend [The Meritocracy Quartet] highly enough.” (David Kipen, KPCC, Los Angeles Public Radio)“A powerful and really striking portrait of the inner and outer lives of the cultural elite of this generation. Lewis is a wonderful writer. . . . As a true novelist, transforming the lived experience to find its meanings, both for himself and for his readers, Lewis becomes an alchemist of the soul, his words then, taking us to places far beyond. . . . A deeply rewarding experience.” (David Wilk, WritersCast)“Lewis is a master of the subtle interplay of coincidence and character, the light tripping of events that lead to a disaster that seems at once inevitable and yet shocking.” (Ron Charles, Washington Post, on Adam the King)“Pitch-perfect. . . . Quirky, rueful, and wise.” (Kirkus Reviews, on Adam the King)“Consistently entertaining.” (Publishers Weekly, on Theme Song for an Old Show)"Looks at the generation that came of age in the Sixties; the first two titles covered the 1960s and 1970s. . . . His opening chapter, in which his marvelous ear for idiomatic speech is revealed as much through narration as in dialog, hints at the concepts he will explore: the vagaries of love, the odd consorting of dignity and temptation, and, yes, the fragility of creation and existence...That fine ear of Lewis's . . . makes his prose style the book's strength." (Library Journal, on Theme Song for an Old Show)“Lewis catches the thrill of proximity to America's Eastern WASP aristocracy to an uncomfortable degree: their studied vagueness, their heartiness, the aloofness that cannot be copied.” (Los Angeles Times, on Meritocracy: A Love Story)“Shot through with high intelligence and deep feeling, the novel perfectly balances its several tones—lyrical, ironic, and sweet, against the foreboding gravity of the Viet-Nam War. A book that delivers both intellectually and emotionally, Meritocracy is a wise and moving debut.” (Robert Ward, author of Red Baker, on Meritocracy: A Love Story)"Meritocracy is a dramatic, riveting novel of our times." (Elizabeth Hardwick, on Meritocracy: A Love Story)
About the Author Jeffrey Lewis is the award-winning author of multiple novels and has received two Emmy Awards and the Writer’s Guild Award for his work as a television writer and producer on Hill Street Blues. He resides in Los Angeles and Castine, Maine.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. THE BEST AND THE SADDEST By Richard E. Hayes An absorbing fast-reading 742 pages, four novels published 2004-2008, reflecting on four decades 1960s-1990s through the lives of a group of Yale buddies. The spirit of those times is powerfully suggested without discussing the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, the yippies, hippies, Black Panthers or Weathermen, or Watergate, or Iran-Contra, or Desert Storm "Shock & Awe" -- subjects exhaustively covered in other novels and nonfiction. "The meritocracy" is an ironic reference to this group of pals, from elite families -- people who sincerely subscribe to the doctrine of equal opportunity but gracefully and without guilt accept that the system selects and grooms those destined for power, wealth and leadership. Louie, the narrator, is a lower class Jew who gets to Yale on scholarship and accidentally falls in with these upper class meritocrats. One other Jew belongs: Adam, the nerd who scored 800 on his math SAT, quiet, never reckless. As designated driver when the rest of them are drunk, he has an accident which scars all their lives for the next three decades. The last book "Adam the King," features 50-year old Adam, billionaire, as the 90s close -- end of a millenium. This is the most moving and well-written of the four books in my opinion. We finish asking ourselves what does the next century or millenium portend? What has become of the "Best and the Brightest," American "exceptionalism", the blessings of liberty, the pursuit of happiness?
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four in ONe Deal By C. Williams I bought this collection of Lewis novels at a bookstore reading by the author. He is really, really good (see my review of Meritocracy, published 10 years go now). Four Lewis novels are contained here, a whole world of the novelists imagination. The physical book is a delight to hold and read and I wish more literary fiction was available like this.
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