A New York Times Novel Everyone Will Be Talking About This Summer 'Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?' New York Times **'Nerve-wrackingly fun' Vogue, Best Books of the Year So FarSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to high-powered banker Lucy is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for ...

A New York Times Editors ChoiceLonglisted for the 2020 Simpson / Joyce Carol Oates Literary PrizeOne of Vogue.com's "Best Books of 2020 So Far"One of Elle's "Best Books of 2020 So Far"Named A Most-Anticipated Book by The New York Times , Vogue, The Boston Globe, Salon,The Millions, Inside Hook, and

“Powerful.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh AirNamed a best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPageDavid Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. Initially, however, his social prospects ...

David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. But, initially, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David falls feverishl...

Bloomsbury presents Apartment by Teddy Wayne, read by Mark Chavez.A New York Times Editors ChoiceLonglisted for the 2020 Simpson / Joyce Carol Oates Literary PrizeOne of Vogue.com’s “Best Books of 2020 So Far”One of Elle’s “Best Books of 2020 So Far”Named A Most-Anticipated Book by The New York Times, Vogue, The Boston Globe, Salon,The Millions, Inside Hook, and Vol. 1 BrooklynIn 1996, the unnamed narrator of Teddy Wayne’s Apartment is at...

Paul is a recently demoted adjunct instructor of freshman comp, a divorced but doting Brooklyn father, and a self-described “curmudgeonly crank” cataloging his resentment of the priorities of modern life in a book called The Luddite Manifesto. Outraged by the authoritarian creeps ruining the country, he is determined to better the future for his young daughter, one aggrieved lecture at a time. Shockingly, others aren't very receptive to Paul's scoldings. His child grows distant, preferring...

From whispered grief to quiet hope, A Soulful Knight: From the Shadows to the Light is a lyrical exploration of the soul's most profound journeys.Teddy W. Prater weaves a tapestry of emotion where love lingers beyond loss, where broken hearts still dare to believe, and where even the darkest nights hold the promise of dawn. Each poem unfolds like a moment suspended in time, inviting readers to feel, reflect, and rediscover themselves.This collection is a testament to transf...

A New York Times Novel Everyone Will Be Talking About This Summer 'Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?' New York Times **'Nerve-wrackingly fun' Vogue, Best Books of the Year So FarSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to high-powered banker Lucy is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for ...

'A lean, careening thrill … one of my favourite books of the year' Megan Nolan‘Riveting reading' The Times'Irresistible … A page-turning story of sex, power, and money' Vogue, Best Books of 2024 So FarA razor-sharp novel that skewers the life of the uber-rich in the vein of The White Lotus, with shades of The Talented Mr Ripley and The GraduateCon...

2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best First Novel — WinnerA dark and suspenseful noir thriller, set in the Yukon.As winter closes in and the roads snow over in Dawson City, Yukon, newly arrived journalist Jo Silver investigates the dubious suicide of a local politician and quickly discovers that not everything in the sleepy tourist town is what it seems. Before long, law enforcement begins treating the death as a possible murder and Jo is the prime suspect....

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR • A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR • A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR‘The year’s must read novel’ The Times‘One of the most important books you’ll pick up this decade’ Harper’s Bazaar‘An outstanding book that could be this year’s A Little Life’ Guardian‘You think you’re invincible. You think you won’t ever miss. We need to put the fear on y...

**Almost unbearably tense, chilling and addictive . . . Exceptional' - Paula Hawkins, author of Girl on the TrainA mother knows best . . . doesn't she?**Talented and determined, Devon is the centre of her ambitious parents' world, and the lynchpin of their marriage. There is nothing Katie and Eric wouldn't do for her.When a violent hit-and-run accident sends shockwaves through their close-knit community, Katie is immediately concerned for her daughter, a ri...