America America by Ethan Canin

In a small upstate New York town in the turbulent 1970s, a young man named Corey Sifter becomes entangled in the world of power, privilege, and politics when he goes to work for the wealthy Metarey family. Drawn into a U.S. Senate campaign that promises hope and change, Corey witnesses firsthand the moral compromises and quiet betrayals that shape both lives and nations. Decades later, as he reflects on those fateful years, he must confront the haunting question of what it means to be loyal—to people, to ideals, and to one’s own conscience. Sweeping, elegant, and deeply humane, America America is a timeless portrait of ambition, class, and the price of the American dream.