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The Interestings

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What to expect

Whatever became of the most talented people you once knew?


On a warm summer night in 1974, six teenagers play at being cool. They smoke pot, drink vodka, share their dreams and vow always to be interesting.

Decades later, aspiring actress Jules has resigned herself to a more practical occupation; Cathy has stopped dancing; Jonah has laid down his guitar and Goodman has disappeared. Only Ethan and Ash, now married, have remained true to their adolescent dreams and have become shockingly successful too. As the group’s fortunes tilt precipitously, their friendships are put under the ultimate strain of envy and crushing disappointment.


‘The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer’s writing are extraordinary and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level’ Jeffrey Eugenides

Critics Review

This is a wonderful book. Intelligent and subtle, it is exquisitely written with enormous warmth and depth of emotion… But what makes The Interestings exceptional is the precision and elegance of Wolitzer’s writing… This should be the novel to make Wolitzer a household name here too
The Times
Wolitzer is a writer of prodigious energy and detail, with the knack for comic-satirical perceptions of character and culture
Guardian
A complex, cleverly interwoven analysis of the moment when the lives of six friends begin to unravel’
Observer
Wolitzer has a knack for homing in on the kind of pretension-puncturing details that can sum up a minor character in a single sentence
Daily Mail
Meg Wolitzer writes fluently about the American Dream and whether you should surrender your goals to reality in this wonderful novel
Stylist
I love Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings because it’s sprawling and beautifully written and it opens at a summer camp. It’s a truly great novel about friendship, and how it deepens and changes over the years
Conde Nast Traveller
A breakout book
Allison Pearson
If you enjoy the introspective aspects of Virginia Woolf or the American modernity of Jennifer Egan, you’ll love this sweeping, tragicomic novel of ideas
Psychologies
One of those generation-defining America novels that tackles big historical issues
Marie Claire
Full of wit
Emerald Street
Author Meg Wolitzer
Narrator Jen Tullock
Duration 15 hours and 41 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473545427
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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