The Twenty-Seventh City
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| The Twenty-Seventh City | |
 First edition cover |
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| Author | Jonathan Franzen |
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| Cover artist | Jacket design by Fred Marcellino |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication date | September 1, 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 517 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-374-27972-1 (first edition, hardback) |
The Twenty-Seventh City is a 1988 novel by Jonathan Franzen, his first. The story of the Probst family's unraveling is set among intricate political conspiracy and financial upheaval in 20th century St. Louis, Missouri.
