The Dakota Winters

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An evocative and wildly absorbing novel about the Winters, a family living in New York City s famed Dakota apartment building in the year leading up to John Lennon s assassinationIt s the fall of 1979 in New York City when twenty three year old Anton Winter, back from the Peace Corps and on the mend from a nasty bout of malaria, returns to his childhood home in the Dakota Anton s father, the famous late night host Buddy Winter, is there to greet him, himself recovering from a breakdown Before long, Anton is swept up in an effort to reignite Buddy s stalled career, a mission that takes him from the gritty streets of New York, to the slopes of the Lake Placid Olympics, to the Hollywood Hills, to the blue waters of the Bermuda Triangle, and brings him into close quarters with the likes of Johnny Carson, Ted and Joan Kennedy, and a seagoing John Lennon.But the Anton finds himself enmeshed in his father s professional and spiritual reinvention, the he questions his own path, and fissures in the Winter family begin to threaten their close bond By turns hilarious and poignant, The Dakota Winters is a family saga, a page turning social novel, and a tale of a critical moment in the history of New York City and the country at large. Free Read The Dakota Winters [ Author ] Tom Barbash [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 3.5 stars.Imagine what it must be like to have a famous father, and to play a role in his fame Imagine what it s like to be so enmeshed in his situation that you re not sure where his path ends and yours begins, or how to separate the two That describes Anton Winter s life pretty perfectly His father, Buddy, was a famous late night talk show host, and for years Anton, his mother, and his siblings played parts in many of the sketches his father did.As Anton got older, he played acrucial 3.5 stars.Imagine what it must be like...In 1979, Anton, the son of a late night talk show host returns from Africa to his family home at the Dakota to recover from Malaria Prior to his stint in the Peace Corps, his depressed father detonates his career by walking off the set mid show and travels to parts unknown to find himself He has returned by the time Anton comes home and the novel focuses on a family revolving around a talented father attempting make a come back John Lennon makes an appearance as do other celebrities I was ch In 1979, Anton, the son of a late night talk show host returns from Africa to his ...There are places I remember, all my life though some have changed Some forever not for better, some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments, with lovers and friends I still can recall John Lennon, In My Life The Beatles Rubber Soul, 1965 Tom Barbash s The Dakota Winters is a nice historical fiction fictional biography mash up about a young man that really succeeds in capturing a certain time and place, that being the American cultural atmosphere during calendThere are places I remember, all my li...Anton Winter has just returned to New York, at the beginning of this novel He has been in Africa, with the Peace Corps, but a bout of malaria has left him needing to recuperate Anton s father, Buddy, is a late night chat show host, who is recovering from a break down, after walking off the set of his show one night and out of a job Anton s mother was an actress and spends much of her time helping Joan Kennedy with Ted Kennedy s Presidential race Brother Kip plays tennis and his sister, Rache Anton Winter has just returned to New York, at the beginning of this novel He has been in Africa, w...I may need to give up on historical fiction I think it just isn t for me The Dakota Winters has a synopsis that caught my attention, but I struggled to maintain focus It s very slow paced with a lot of chatti...Very mediocre book The narrator seems to just be an observer throughout this story of second chances and comeback attempts Unfortunately, it often seemed that the author didn t quite know what he wanted the story to ultimately be about There was a rich opportunity here the famous Dakota and its famous residents but I didn t feel...I was just little over a year old when John Lennon was killed, and writing this review is it just days after the 38 anniversary of his death And, this story was extra poignant when you think about how much John Lennon had left to give when his life was cut short This is a fictional story, but Tom Barbash writes in a way that makes it all feel real Like Anton, his father Buddy and the rest of the family really existed Cudos to Barbash to make fictional characters come to life.I loved reading I was just little over a year old when John Lennon was killed, and writing this review is it just days after the 38 anniversary of his death And, this story was extra poignant when you think about how much John Lennon had left to give when his life was cut short This is a fictional story, but Tom Barbash writes in a way that makes it all feel real Like Anton, his father Buddy and the rest of the family really existed Cudos to Barbash to make fictional characters come to life.I loved reading a story set in New York 79 80 I m too young to remember those years, but nevertheless, it made me nostalgic And, letting Dakota, one of the most iconic buildings in the city be the central point wa...This is one of my least favorite genres, fictionalized biography However, I have a special affection for the time span, 1979 80, particularly since I spent much time then in NYC, in love with the worn glamor of the upper west side Tom Barbash writes well of that era, that place I remember some of his short stories that evoked the same emotions What I felt was less successful was the personalized interaction with John Lennon and his son Sean Yoko mostly offstage , and the Ted Kennedys The s This is one of my least favorite genres, fictionalized biography However, I have a special affection for the time span, 1979 80, particularly since I spent much time then in NYC, in love with the worn glamor of the upper west side Tom Barbash writes well ...Please please me, oh yeahThere was an unwritten code in the Dakota that you made nothing of people s celebrity and you treated everyone simply as neighbours, and for the most part we did Not, as you might suppose, a bleak seasonal tale set in the American Midwest but the story of the Winter family living in Manhattan s fabled Dakota building in the mid seventies The Dakota was home to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1979, the year before Lennon was killed, and the inevitable outcome of this appe Please please me, oh yeahThere was an unwritten code in the Dakota that you made nothing of people s celebrity and you treated everyone simply as neighbours, and for the most part we did Not, as you might suppose, a bleak seasonal tale set in the American Midwest but the story of the Winter family living in Manhattan s fabled Dakota building in the mid seventies The Dakota was home to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1979, the year before Lennon was killed, and the inevitable outcome of this appealing novel gives it an interesting edge Yet at no point does the author overplay his hand such limited foreshadowing as Tom Barbash allows himself is handled with the utmost subtlety and isthe writer s reflection of the city s tense urban scene during that era.Tw...The Dakota Winters is a story of historical fame and privilege, told through the eyes of Anton Winter Anton is the son of Buddy Winter, a famous talk show host who is attempting a comeback after having a breakdown on his own show and simply walking out The Winter family lives in the famous Dakota, a cooperative apartment building in New York City, where parts of Rosemary s Baby was filmed.John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived in the Dakota and they play a significant part in Anton s story At the b The Dakota Winters is a story of historical fame and privilege, told through the eyes of Anton Winter Anton is the son of Buddy Winter, a famous talk show host who is attempting a comeback after having a breakdown on his own show and simply walking out The Winter family lives in the famous Dakota, a cooperative apartment building in New York City, where parts of Rosemary s Baby was filmed.John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived in the Dakota and they play a significant part in Anton s story At the beginning of the book Anton has returned from Gabon on the West Coast of Central Africa, where he almost dies from malaria and a variety of other maladies He is convalescing at his parent s apartment in the Dakota We learn that Anton has a sister, Rachel, who finds the whole fame and fortune thing an inconvenience, and brother, Kip, who is a great but not great enough tennis player Kip and Rachel are really jus...

The Dakota Winters
  • English
  • 19 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 324 pages
  • 0062258192
  • Tom Barbash
  • The Dakota Winters