Who Is Rich? by Matthew Klam

Who Is Rich? by Matthew Klam

A provocative satire of love, sex, money, and politics that unfolds over four wild days in so-called paradise--the long-awaited first novel from the acclaimed author of Sam the Cat

Includes an exclusive conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST

Every summer, a once-sort-of-famous cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind to teach a class at a weeklong arts conference in a charming New England beachside town. It's a place where, every year, students--nature poets and driftwood sculptors, widowed seniors, teenagers away from home for the first time--show up to study with an esteemed faculty made up of prizewinning playwrights, actors, and historians; drunkards and perverts; members of the cultural elite; unknown nobodies, midlist somebodies, and legitimate stars--a place where drum circles happen on the beach at midnight, clothing optional.

Once more, Rich finds himself, in this seaside paradise, worrying about his family's nights without him and trying not to think about his book, now out of print, or his future as an illustrator at a glossy magazine about to go under, or his back taxes, or the shameless shenanigans of his colleagues at this summer make-out festival. He can't decide whether his own very real desire for love and human contact is going to rescue or destroy him.

A warped and exhilarating tale of love and lust, Who Is Rich? goes far beyond to address deeper questions: of family, monogamy, the intoxicating beauty of children, and the challenging interdependence of two soulful, sensitive creatures in a confusing domestic alliance.

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

Funny, maddening . . . defiantly original . . . Matthew] Klam's prose is so clean, so self-assured, that it feels a little like a miracle.--The New York Times

A dazzling meditation on monogamy and] parenthood . . . full of sound and fury and signifying pretty much everything.--The Boston Globe

Comic, wondrous, and sad.--The New Yorker

Almost scarily astute.--People

An electric amalgam of frustration and tenderness, wonder and rebellion: a paean to the obliterating power of parental love.--Jennifer Egan

A contemporary masterpiece.--Salon

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ISBN 13	9780812997989
ISBN 10	0812997980
Title	Who Is Rich?
Author	Matthew Klam
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Publisher	Random House
Year published	2017-07-04
Number of pages	336
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