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| Author | Bruce Bauman |
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| Cover artist | Jon Gray (aka gray318) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | political novel, picaresque, tragicomedy, postmodern, Jewish American literature, encyclopedic novel |
| Publisher | Other Press |
Publication date | November 2, 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 642 |
| ISBN | 9781590514481 |
| OCLC | 968985724 |
| LC Class | PS3602.A955 |
Broken Sleep: an American Dream is the second novel by American writer Bruce Bauman, published in 2015. It follows the exploits of the powerful Savant family, including rock star-cum-US presidential candidate Alchemy Savant, his half-brother Moses Teumer, and their brilliant but insane mother Salome Savant.
The novel chronicles 60 years of U.S. politics and pop culture, from the aftermath of World War II leading up to a speculative 2020 presidential election. The novel touches on many topics, including rock music, postmodern art, celebrity, insanity, terminal illness, the Holocaust, and United States presidential election politics. It makes political references to the fake news website phenomenon, the rise of a third party to save a failing two-party system, and a grass-roots movement for partition and secession in California. Its discussion of Jewish-American identity has led to its categorization as a Jewish literary novel in the vein of Saul Bellow.[1]
- ^ Phillips, Claire (December 31, 2016) In My Father’s Closet: Considering the Jewish Novel, Saul Bellow, and Bruce Bauman Los Angeles Review of Books. (Retrieved 1-31-17).