{"product_id":"last-resort-9781474620123","title":"Last Resort","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2022 by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Top 10 Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors'' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein''s \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e... Excellent''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You won''t read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''A funny, fast-paced  literary satire''\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Incredibly entertaining''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES,\u003c\/i\u003e Editor''s Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''If \u003ci\u003eLess \u003c\/i\u003eby Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e will fill it''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEG MASON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCowardly,  avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: there  aren't enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the  narrator of Andrew Lipstein's \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e. What fun!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is about a novelist who has  stolen the plot of his best-selling book from a story relayed to him by  an acquaintance. Now, if you read last year's \u003ci\u003eThe Plot\u003c\/i\u003e  by Jean Hanff Korelitz, you'll notice that this novel has a similar,  uh, plot as that one... They are both thrillers about, of all  things, intellectual property. Korelitz's book was tighter and darker. \u003cb\u003e Lipstein's is funnier. Both are incredibly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e... If Lipstein had written a less cunning book, he might have contrasted  Caleb with a character who represented artistic purity, whatever that  is. But everyone here sits somewhere on the grifter spectrum, including  the real people (Avi, doomed woman, repressed married couple) upon whom  Caleb's characters are based... In addition to a blithe streak, Caleb has a cruel streak,  a petty streak and an intemperate streak, and \u003cb\u003eLipstein milks the comedy  of these traits almost as well as Kingsley Amis did in \u003ci\u003eLucky Jim\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times, Editor's Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you've ever wondered where writers get their ideas from, \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is wicked fun. If you're a writer, \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is heartburn in print\u003c\/b\u003e. Splayed across these pages is the dark terror that lurks within any creative person's breast: the embarrassing facts that might demolish the glorious claims made in the name of literary invention...\u003cb\u003e A deliciously absurd comedy about literary fame\u003c\/b\u003e. * Ron Charles, WASHINGTON POST *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLipstein gleefully scrutinizes the nature of success in an industry that runs as much on vanity as on financial gain\u003c\/b\u003e... The book's command of contemporary-hipster details is wincingly precise. * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTalent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein's \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, one of a trio of \u003cb\u003eexcellent  \u003c\/b\u003enew first novels by men... Lipstein doesn't just blast  chunks out of the inflated artifice of New York's literary scene, he  turns his fire on the city at large too, or at least its hipster  quarters, all \"friendly, progressive, organic, recyclable\"... There is something in Lipstein's novel that is specific to new male  novelists - their conscious sensitivity about writing sex. Lipstein  takes this head on. In \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e the novel-within-the-novel is  slated online for its \"male gaze\". This is \u003cb\u003eculturally astute\u003c\/b\u003e (it's an  accusation any man runs the risk of when he puts pen to paper,  especially post #MeToo) and a smart way for Lipstein to say: I get it. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou won't read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this  yea\u003c\/b\u003er... An unsparing satire of a generation of millennials who fear that  their lives lack gravitas and emotional depth * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA funny, fast-paced  literary satire\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA novel of post-collegiate literary ambition, slippery storytelling, and a perfectly Pninian ending. * Vanity Fair *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Lipstein's almost perfectly plotted debut novel on a topic - creative envy and artistic theft - that tastes like catnip to many readers of literary fiction . . . has one of the best endings in recent memory... \u003cb\u003eYou'll think about \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e for weeks after you read the last pages\u003c\/b\u003e. * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant morality tale\u003c\/b\u003e about what happens when a person refuses to learn from their mistakes, all the way down to the final scene, which \u003cb\u003ehad me laughing out loud and punching the air\u003c\/b\u003e. * Vulture *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a moral drama about ambition and authorship that's \u003cb\u003eas funny and fast-paced as it is sharp and cutting\u003c\/b\u003e. * Monocle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blissfully wicked work of art\u003c\/b\u003e... A lightning-streak of a novel. * Interview *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo \u003cb\u003ehorribly delicious\u003c\/b\u003e that the reader (especially the  reader who is also a writer) won't even dream of looking away.\u003c\/p\u003e * LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2022 *\u003cbr\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eLess \u003c\/i\u003eby Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e will fill it. \u003cb\u003eFast and funny\u003c\/b\u003e, it feels like a backstage pass to the book world. * Meg Mason, author of SORROW AND BLISS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. It takes so many surprising and brilliant turns: it is \u003cb\u003efun and witty\u003c\/b\u003e, and rollicks through the pains and joys of writing and having your name on a book jacket (or not). And \u003cb\u003eCaleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate\u003c\/b\u003e: self-justifying but reflective, self-centred but loving\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e * Claire Fuller, Costa Novel Award winner of UNSETTLED GROUND *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea rare accomplishment\u003c\/b\u003e, a novel of ideas - about art, authorship, money, ethics - with the momentum of a great thriller. * Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those novels about writing guaranteed to  make every novelist who reads it blush with its unsparing portrayal of  greed, obsession and smug superiority. \u003cb\u003eWickedly funny: I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e. * Patrick Gale, author of MOTHER'S BOY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e take on what it means to be an artist in a world of endless compromises. \u003cb\u003eLook out, Faust, there's a new sheriff in town\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Gary Shteyngart, author of SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY and LAKE SUCCESS *\u003cbr\u003eIf there's      nothing new under the sun, can anyone be original without lying? Would      truth still be stranger than fiction if people were honest in real life?      This fast-paced simulacrum of a commercial novel is not out to please the      critics. \u003cb\u003eI finished it in a day.\u003c\/b\u003e * Nell Zink, author of DOXOLOGY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange and beguiling book about the contrivances, connivances and mysteries of creation, with an especially visceral depiction of male anxiety and an absolutely blistering end. \u003cb\u003eA terrific debut.\u003c\/b\u003e * Joshua Ferris, author of THEN WE CAME TO THE END *\u003cbr\u003eSometimes, a character falls in step with you, invades your thoughts,  disrupts your dreams and challenges your choices. You don't so much  read Caleb Horowitz's story as be beguiled, bothered and bruised by it.  \u003cb\u003eThis brilliant book is elegant, messy, sharp, blunt, sad and funny all  at once. So good!\u003c\/b\u003e * Janet Ellis, author of THE BUTCHER'S HOOK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp,  witty, and gleeful\u003c\/b\u003e. A wry, brutal dissection of male authorship and  ambition at a time of #metoo. Think Salter, but without his cold gaze,  and written with such verve and gusto it will leave you holding your  breath. Just when you think it can't get worse, it does. And some. Not a  romp, more a riot, as Lipstein lays bare the petty jealousy of his  protagonist, Caleb Horowitz, and his relentless pursuit of the right to  be \"known\" and to own what is \"his\". What Caleb creates, he destroys;  all that is good, is trampled, in a message that seems to speak beyond  the book to question what it is to be male today. \u003cb\u003eHonestly, I can't wait  to read what Lipstein writes next\u003c\/b\u003e. * Guinevere Glasfurd, Costa First Novel shortlisted author of THE WORDS IN MY HAND *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its \u003cb\u003eseductive, chilled intelligence and frictionless style\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Resort \u003c\/i\u003eplunged me summarily into a one-sitting read. I came up for air awed by this sophisticated, high-stakes moral drama.\u003c\/p\u003e * Hermione Hoby, author of NEON IN DAYLIGHT *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA propulsive tale of American literary ambition\u003c\/b\u003e, this novel exposes the status-hunger that motivates plenty of writing-far more than writers like to admit. \u003cb\u003eA keenly observed and sharp-witted\u003c\/b\u003e debut that's assured from first page to last.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Tom Rachman, author of THE IMPERFECTIONISTS *\u003cbr\u003eLipstein asks the timely question: does one possess sole title to one's own story? \u003cb\u003eA sharply written, headlong romp\u003c\/b\u003e. * Lionel Shriver, author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN *\u003cbr\u003eA darkly comical thriller about writers and publishers, emulation and betrayal, written in an excitingly careful, clear, and original prose style. * Tao Lin, author of LEAVE SOCIETY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ewitty, profound and blisteringly intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e. Andrew Lipstein asks major questions about ambition and authenticity and artistic ethics, while keeping me frantically turning the pages to see what happens next. A fantastic, fast-paced and deeply funny novel. * Molly Antopol, author of THE UNAMERICANS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003edelightfully nightmarish\u003c\/b\u003e satirical chronicle of one young author's reckoning with the consequences of his own blind ambition. Caleb's journey \u003cb\u003ehad me cringing with pure pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Antoine Wilson, author of MOUTH TO MOUTH and PANORAMA CITY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea witty, propulsive and often mesmerizing novel\u003c\/b\u003e, a kind of creative-class thriller, full of wry social observation and subtle emotional textures, and it builds beautifully toward a bracing showdown between knowingness and self-knowledge. With its insular milieu and quality lit namechecks, not to mention its quasi-satirical anxiety of auto-fictional influence, \u003cb\u003eAndrew Lipstein plays a risky game, and he plays it superbly, with feeling\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Sam Lipsyte, author of HARK *\u003cbr\u003eAuthenticity and possession of stories are the surface themes of \u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e, but it is really about ambition and emptiness, about a callow young man with nothing to say self-destructively looking for shortcuts in literature and life. But the great irony is that Andrew Lipstein's \u003cb\u003eimpeccably written\u003c\/b\u003e debut has quite a lot to say, and, \u003cb\u003eas with the best comic novels, his semi-hero's misadventures have an undertow of real sadness\u003c\/b\u003e. * Teddy Wayne *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Resort\u003c\/i\u003e raises incisive questions about authorship, the tension between art and commerce, and the elusive nature of self-fulfillment, all while unspooling a compelling story with humor and great suspense. \u003cb\u003eI didn't want it to end.\u003c\/b\u003e * Julia Pierpont, author of AMONG THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly comical thriller\u003c\/b\u003e about editors and agents, friends and acquaintances, lovers and strangers, written in an excitingly careful, attentive, and original prose style.\u003c\/p\u003e * Tao Lin, author of LEAVE SOCIETY *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851851186519,"sku":"9781474620123","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474620123.jpg?v=1710646120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/last-resort-9781474620123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}