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Virtue by Hermione Hoby
Named a Summer Must Read by Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Esquire, Bustle, Town & Country, Refinery29, and more Hoby] might have just written the defining New York City novel of our fraught, socially anxious, and politically tumultuous times. --Interview Intense and addictive. --New York Times A powerful novel of youth, desire, and moral conflict, in which a young man is seduced by the mirage of glamour--at terrible cost. Arriving in New York City for an internship at an elite but fading magazine, Luca feels invisible: smart but not worldly, privileged but broke, and uncertain how to navigate a new era of social change. Among his peers is Zara, a young Black woman whose sharp wit and frank views on injustice create tension in the office. Luca is equally drawn to an attractive and wealthy white couple--a prominent artist and her filmmaker husband--whose lifestyle he finds alien and alluring. As summer arrives, Luca is swept up in the fever dream of their marriage, joining them at their beach house, and nurturing an infatuation both frustrating and dangerous. Only after he learns of a spectacular tragedy in the city he has left behind does he begin to realize the moral consequences of his allegiances. In language at once lyrical and incisive, Hermione Hoby (a writer of extreme intelligence, insight, style and beauty --Ann Patchett) offers a clear-eyed, unsettling novel of the allure of privilege and the costs of complacency.
Hermione Hoby is the author of the novel Neon in Daylight, which was twice listed as a New York Times Editors' Choice. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Frieze. Raised in London, she lives in Colorado.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593188590 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593188594 |
| Title | Virtue |
| Author | Hermione Hoby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2021-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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