The ruthless accumulation, the spending, and the ultimate disposition of a great New Orleans fortune furnish the motive force in Grau's brilliant novel of three American generation. As his family hovers around him, heirs apparent, the ninety-five-year-old multimillionaire, Thomas Henry Oliver holds court. While the acquisition of money has liberated Oliver, unleashing his torrential energies, it has suffocated his daughter Anna, who, has retreated into religious fanaticism, and turned his younger daughter Margaret into a shrewd businesswoman, whose amusement is a series of hell-raising lovers. Robert, the poverty-stricken Cajun boy whom Oliver raised to be the son he never had, is possessed by the money. Of everyone exposed to Oliver and his gold, only the secretive black chauffeur, Stanley -- the legendary condor of the title -- appears to have held himself intact.
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Hardback Editions
January 2004 : Hardback
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December 2001 : Hardback
| Title: The Condor Passes (Transaction Large Print) Author(s): Shirley Ann Grau ISBN: 0-7658-0777-7 / 978-0-7658-0777-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Transaction Publishers,U.S. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1972 : Hardback
| Title: Condor Passes Author(s): Shirley Ann Grau ISBN: 0-582-10068-2 / 978-0-582-10068-8 Publisher: Longman Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1971 : Hardback
| Title: The Condor Passes Author(s): shirley Ann Grau Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1971 : Hardback
| Title: The Condor Passes Author(s): Shirley Ann Grau ISBN: 0-394-47249-7 / 978-0-394-47249-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
1972 : Paperback
| Title: THE CONDOR PASSES Author(s): SHIRLEY ANN GRAU Publisher: FAWCETT CREST Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1971 : Paperback
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