Description

‘Tragicomic, piercingly satirical and perceptive about the American dream’ Observer

‘Dark, funny and delightfully unhinged… I just loved this book’ Viv Groskop, author of One Ukrainian Summer

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 an excruciatingly funny account of the tumultuous year that follows, written by one of the most brilliant young American novelists at work today.

Publisher Review

‘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 ‘A writer with this much talent can take his readers anywhere’ Washington Post ‘Dark, funny and delightfully unhinged, HOPE is a wild, addictive ride about a fabulously privileged-but-dysfunctional Massachusetts family. The Greenspans appear on the surface to be utterly hope-less but the more awful they turn out to be, the more you root for them. I just loved this book’ Viv Groskop, author of One Ukrainian Summer ‘A sly satire of upper-middle class aspirations and what it takes to maintain respectability, ambition, and a family’s earned love. . . the Greenspans show us, through their fumblings, how long-held secrets, Freudian obsessions, and ultimately forgiveness and hope weave the fabric of our family bonds. A hilarious, delightful read’ Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West ‘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)