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Shelter in Place
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Description
'Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet' Rachel Cusk
'A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel' Jenny Offill
It is the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election, and in a plush weekend house in Connecticut, a group of New Yorkers has gathered to recover from what they consider the greatest political catastrophe of their lives. Liberal and like-minded, the friends have come to the countryside in the hope of restoring the bubble in which they have grown used to living.
Moving through her days accompanied by a carefully curated salon, Eva Lindquist is a generous hostess with an obsession for decorating. Yet when, in her avidity to secure shelter for herself, she persuades her husband to buy a grand if dilapidated apartment in Venice, she unwittingly sets off the chain of events that will propel him to venture outside the bubble and embark on an unexpected love affair.
A slyly comic look at the shelter industry, Shelter in Place is a novel about house and home, safety and freedom and the insidious ways in which political upheaval can undermine even the most seemingly impregnable foundations.
Product details
| Published | Apr 14 2022 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781526652331 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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There is an art to writing about unlikeable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence, vanity and, yes, happiness. Leavitt unfurls a droll drawing-room pastiche that evokes la dolce vita as Seinfeld episode … It's Aaron Sorkin on steroids. And surprisingly compelling ... Leavitt, cleverly crafting a New Yorker cartoon in words, proves there is still some navel-gazing worth reading.
New York Times Book Review
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An amusing satire ... The joy lies in how gently Leavitt lets air out of the catty micro-climates his characters inhabit, from publishing to interior design
Anthony Cummins, Daily Mail
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A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel about all the bewildering ways we seek solace from the people and things that surround us
Jenny Offill
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Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet
Rachel Cusk
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Shelter in Place is a poignant, funny, wonderful novel, a pleasure and a joy
Donald Antrim
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I've long been a fan of David Leavitt's work, for its range, its depth, its smarts and its humour. He is a phenomenal and prescient writer
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