LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 On March 3rd 1947 Archibald Isaac Ferguson the only child of Rose & Stanley Ferguson is born From that single beginning Ferguson&s life will take four simultaneous paths Four Fergusons will go on to lead four parallel & entirely different lives Family fortunes diverge Loves & friendships & passions contrast Each version of Ferguson&s story rushes across the fractured terrain of mid-twentieth century America in this sweeping story of birthright & possibility of love & the fullness of life itself