A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Riotous. . . Hilarious . . . impeccably written . . . Intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny' - New York Times Book Review

'A writer with this much talent can take his readers anywhere' - Washington Post

'Painfully funny. . . This rivals Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Fleishman is in Trouble in its pitch-perfect portrayal of Jewish American life' - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Greenspan family are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts. Scott Greenspan is a successful cardiologist. His wife is a pillar of the community, his daughter works at a distinguished New York publishing house and his son is at medical school, preparing to follow in his footsteps. They are an exceptional family, living in exceptional times.

But when Scott is caught faking blood test results, he sets in motion a series of scandals that threatens to shatter his family. HOPE is a painfully funny account of the tumultuous year that follows, written by one of the most brilliant young American novelists at work today.

A darkly comedic novel about a seemingly perfect family in crisis

About the Author

Andrew Ridker's debut novel, The Altruists, was a New York Times Editors' Choice, a Paris Review Staff Pick, and a People Book of the Week. It was translated into more than a dozen languages. He is the editor of Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Le Monde, Bookforum, among other publications. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Reviews

'A writer with this much talent can take his readers anywhere' Washington Post

'His characters make mistakes... soldier on and try not to lose hope. Just as we hold ours that this talented writer will keep gifting us with his intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny novels' New York Times

Book Information
ISBN 9780715655641
Author Andrew Ridker
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Farrago
Publisher Duckworth Books