The Interestings
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The Interestings
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The Interestings
On a warm July night in 1974 six teenagers play at being cool. The friendships they make this summer will be the most important and consuming of their lives.
A heartbreaking, panoramic tragicomedy and a big American novel from bestseller Meg Wolitzer
The Interestings is a heartbreaking, panoramic tragicomedy and a big American novel from bestseller Meg Wolitzer.
Discover the generation-defining American novel from the author of The Wife.
Whatever became of the most talented people you once knew?
On a warm summer night in 1974, six teenagers play at being cool. They smoke pot, drink vodka, share their dreams, and vow always to be interesting.
Decades later, aspiring actress Jules has resigned herself to a more practical occupation; Cathy has stopped dancing; Jonah has laid down his guitar and Goodman has disappeared. Only Ethan and Ash, now married, have remained true to their adolescent dreams and have become shockingly successful too. As the group's fortunes tilt precipitously, their friendships are put under the ultimate strain.
"A truly great novel about friendship, and how it deepens and changes over the years" - David Sedaris, author of Me Talk Pretty One Day
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The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer is widely praised for its intelligent, subtle, and exquisite writing, offering warmth and emotional depth. Critics highlight the novel's intricate exploration of friendships and life changes, noting Wolitzer's prodigious energy and detail, as well as her ability to capture character and culture with comic-satirical precision. It's considered a beautifully written, sprawling exploration of the American Dream, resonating as a generation-defining novel of ideas and wit.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780099584094
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 April 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 329g
Pages: 480
About the Author
Meg Wolitzer is the author of several acclaimed novels, most recently The Uncoupling ('tingles with playfulness and wicked observation' Independent) and The Wife ('has you howling with recognition' Allison Pearson), The Position ('one of the best and most human books I've read all year' Erica Wagner) and The Ten-Year Nap ('as incisive and pitiless and clear-eyed a chronicler of female-male tandems as Philip Roth or John Updike' Chicago Tribune). She is married with two sons and lives in New York City.
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