The Latecomer: A Novel
*A New York Times Notable Book of 2022*
*A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction*
*An NPR Best Book of the Year*
*A New Yorker Best Book of 2022*
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Triplets Lewyn, Sally, and Harrison are the much-wanted product of their mother's IVF. Johanna, their mother, dotes on them, but is oblivious to them as actual people. She insists that they love each other, and doesn't seem to notice that they prefer not to be in each other's company. Salo, their father, is largely uninterested (although not unloving), preferring to spend his time with his art collection, and, eventually, his mistress, until h...read more
I “read like my father used to smoke, just end to end.” Inside bookstores and libraries, I metamorphose into the Chicago “literati, actual and wannabe, davened among the volumes” and promise I’ll just browse. But “This was the flaw in making a bargain with yourself. There is no one else there to agree to the terms.” And that is when I stumbled upon Jean Hanff Korelitz’ The Latecomer, curled up on a chair, “this object so unadorned and yet so clea...read more
This serious was almost a disappointment to me when I found out it wasn’t spooky but it has a great story line. The stories jump around but it does it well so I never felt lost.
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