Nine shiny objects : a novel
(Book)

"A stunning literary saga in the tradition of DeLillo and Egan, chronicling the unexpectedly and eerily intersecting lives of a lineage of American dreamers"--,Provided by publisher.

June 26, 1947. Headlines across America report the sighting of nine pulsating lights flying over the Cascade Mountains at speeds surpassing any aircraft. In Chicago Oliver Danville, a failed actor now a pool hustler, hitchhikes west in a fever-dream quest for a possible sign from above. A chance encounter with Saul Penrod, an Idaho farmer, sets in motion the birth of 'the Seekers'-- a collective of outcasts, interlopers, and idealists devoted to creating a society where divisions of race, ethnicity, and sexuality are a thing of the past. The group settle in the suburbs of Long Island; their purpose is revealed-- and a horrific crime occurs. In the decades that follow, the perpetrators, survivors, and their children will be forced to face the consequences of what happened: a clash between those who seek inspiration from spacious skies, and others who relish the underworld. -- adapted from jacket