Богач, бедняк. Нищий, вор. Дилогия в одном томе

The novel "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1969) is a fascinating story about the difficult destinies of Axel Jordach's three children, whose paths diverge after the death of their father. Rudy, who was a favorite in the family and school, Tom, a bully and a bully, whom his parents did not particularly favor, and the proud beauty Gretchen are trying to find happiness. A difficult path awaits them, full of hardships and obstacles. For some, the dream becomes closer, but for others, the achieved ideal loses its meaning, the illusion dissipates.

"Beggar, Thief" is the second book in Irwin Shaw's legendary family saga about the Jordans, a continuation of the novel "Rich Man, Poor Man". The Roaring Sixties. Conservative “old America” watches with horror and bewilderment the rebellion of young people who refused to live by the rules dictated to them. Everything becomes new and unusual: art, love, politics, lifestyle. Now the second generation of the family familiar to us from the first part of the saga - Billy Abbott and Wesley Jordach - will have to fight for their place in the sun.