Loner / Teddy Wayne.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501107894
- 1501107895
- 9781501107900
- 1501107909
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Powerful." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
Named a best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews , and BookPage * One of the most anticipated novels of the fall from New York magazine, Glamour , Lit Hub, Boston magazine, The Millions , and BookPage
David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. Initially, however, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity.
Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David becomes instantly infatuated. Determined to win her attention and an invite into her glamorous world, he begins compromising his moral standards for this one, great shot at happiness. But both Veronica and David, it turns out, are not exactly as they seem.
Loner turns the traditional campus novel on its head as it explores ambition, class, and gender politics. It is a stunning and timely literary achievement from one of the rising stars of American fiction.
"A novel" -- Dust jacket.
Shy, witty David Federman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to embrace, and be welcomed by, a new tribe of like-minded peers. But at first, beyond the friendly advances of a plain-looking Sara, his social status seems devastatingly unlikely to change. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by both her beauty and her brains, David falls feverishly in love and is determined to stop at nothing to win her attention and a coveted invite into her glamorous Upper East Side world. David begins compromising his own moral standards for this one, great chance at happiness. But neither Veronica nor David, it turns out, are exactly as they seem....