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Teddy Wayne

A New York Times Novel Everyone Will Be Talking About This Year '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 th...

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Teddy Wayne

"A guy-meets-guy novel about male friendship and intimacy. . . . A propulsive and powerfully focused exploration of masculine insecurity, anxiety, and ambivalence." —Chris Bachelder, author of The Throwback SpecialA New York Times Editors ChoiceLonglisted for the Simpson / Joyce Carol Oates Literary PrizeOne of Vogue.com's Best Books of ...

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Teddy Wayne

'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...

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Teddy Wayne

“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 An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers.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 ...

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Teddy Wayne

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...

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Teddy Wayne

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David Bendena

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...

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Teddy Wayne

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Mark Chavez

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...

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Teddy Wayne

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Eric A. Altheide

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 ...

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Teddy Wayne

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Adam Barr

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...

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Teddy Wayne

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Charlie Thurston

'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...

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Kathleen MacMahon

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Karen Cogan

Brought to you by Penguin.'Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and yet they made it so lightly it was barely a decision at all’As schoolgirls, Justine and her best friend Iseult dreamed of a future that revolved around marriage. They saw it as a happy ending, never imagining for a moment that the reality would be more complicated.Coming up to fifty, they're still best friends. Justine has been married to Iseult’s brothe...

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Kathleen MacMahon

‘A brilliantly observed, funny, poignant and utterly real portrait of a mid-life woman and her family. I loved it.’ Claire Fuller‘An elegant and beautifully-observed novel by one of our finest contemporary writers’ Louise Kennedy‘I found myself taking screenshots to send to friends because MacMahon nails it over and over again’ Claire Kilroy---‘Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and...