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Alan Opts Out
- Author
- Courtney Maum
- Narrator
- Jason Culp, Jenny Lee
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 4 June 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Critics Review
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Bitingly funny
Mail on Sunday
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Ambitious and witty
Harper's Bazaar, Best Books of the Summer
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Beautifully written, laugh out loud funny, and profound. Alan Opts Out is a delight
J Courtney Sullivan, author of THE CLIFFS
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The eat-the-rich farce we need, from one of our funniest writers
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Sly, propulsive and painfully hilarious family drama . . . reminded me how much fun a novel can be . . . It's as if The Corrections had been written a full decade after the confirmed death of American dream
Caro Claire Burke, author of YESTERYEAR
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Chicken-soup for the late capitalist soul. Or should I say lobster bisque? . . . Funny, surprising, empathetic . . . If this books lands in your hands, I beg you to opt in
Steven Rowley, NYT bestselling author of LILY AND THE OCTOPUS and THE GUNCLE
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Vivid, lacerating and funny
Carl Hiaasen, author of FEVER BEACH
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Witty, sharp, and tender, Alan Opts Out skewers late-stage capitalism and material ambition while keeping human hearts - a family of them - at its center. Courtney Maum's eye for details is unmatched. She creates a family you quickly embrace, along with one of most unforgettable fictional parties of all time. Beneath the critique is a case for love: when the trappings fall away, love is what remains
RACHEL KHONG, NYT bestselling author of REAL AMERICANS
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Alan Opts Out is a smart, funny, and all-too-timely tale of Americans on the edge of collapse, trying to figure out how to lead lives of authenticity and connection while also drowning in late-stage capitalism. Maum delivers wry humor without sacrificing compassion, offering what is both a sharp satire and also a surprisingly tender portrayal of people who are way, way over their heads, and just trying to be free
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER
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Courtney Maum exposes how much of our lives-and our bank accounts-we sacrifice just to fit in. A brilliant, hilarious referendum on the American obsession with more
Nathan Hill, author of THE NIX
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A gripping tale of late-stage capitalism, wellness and the compromises we all make to fit in
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Details
- Author
- Courtney Maum
- Narrator
- Jason Culp, Jenny Lee
- Duration
- 10 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399829205
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Humorous fiction
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