Description
From the 2025 Booker shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives
“Elegant and absorbing.”–Guardian
“Hugely enjoyable.”—Observer
“Intimate, funny . . . Masterfully done.”—Daily Mail
“Sophisticated and engrossing.”—Literary Review
Paul is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex-model and photographer, and together with their two-year-old son they form a tableau of the contented upper-middle-class New York family. But Paul’s parents and siblings have come to stay in the build-up to the US Open, and with summer storms brewing, several generations of domestic tension are brought to boiling point . . .
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Benjamin Markovits
Published: 12/30/2025
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571403370
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 1.00″ H x 7.80″ L x 5.10″ W
About the Author
Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. His novels include Either Side of Winter, You Don’t Have to Live Like This and Christmas in Austin. In 2013 Granta selected him as one of their Best of Young British Novelists and in 2015 he won the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives in London.
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