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

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

**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 brother for twenty-five years and li...

‘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...

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner...A heart-pumping psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession – an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva RoseYOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...Rafe seems like your perfect man – intelligent, charming, attractive.You think you've met the one.You go back to his house one evening and fal...