07107cam a2201429 4500 1344135265 TxAuBib 20240627120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798887070322 B0BTY7PFYM Amazon cba07d2e-fb93-4c6e-8a5f-7a0c22c8c7d0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9596233 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lefferts, Daniel. Ways and Means [Libby eBook] : A Novel. The Overlook Press, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2810kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. best literary fiction 2024. Clear-eyed investigation. new york times interview. contemporary literature. Enigmatic billionaire. frontlist gay fiction. political corruption. 21st-century america. Literary exploration. Ambitious characters. cultural commentary. Financial Thrillers. psychological drama. capitalism critique. runaway protagonist. societal commentary. Desire and ambition. political intrigue. financial thriller. economic disparity. white collar crime. Financial struggle. complex characters. ambition and greed. Erotics of finance. Financial dilemmas. Financial downfall. Financial intrigue. Mobile-home empire. social commentary. emotional turmoil. satirical fiction. artistic pursuits. Moral exploration. Love and ambition. personal ambition. Capitalist excess. Financial tension. financial crisis. art and politics. character-driven. wealth and power. wealth disparity. New York setting. Turbo capitalism. Personal Growth. American crisis. cautionary tale. social critique. political drama. power struggles. gay protagonist. emotional depth. social dynamics. best new novels. Ambitious goals. power dynamics. class struggle. american dream. modern society. moral dilemmas. hidden agendas. character arcs. Urban Fiction. new york city. lgbtq fiction. urban setting. finance novel. Noir elements. Searing debut. social class. human nature. Dark Secrets. student debt. high finance. Wall Street. debut novel. Personal ch. trust fund. millennial. power play. criminals. Lifestyle. politics. Religion. gay life. wealthy. Banking. Bankers. family. Wealth. Urban. HTML:* A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 * Them * Debutiful * Literary Hub * Electric Literature * And Many More! * A searing debut novel about a striving finance student, the line between ambition and greed, and the disordered politics of our era "[An] auspicious debut . . . a wildly entertaining drama of ambition and consequence." —SAM SACKS, Wall Street Journal "Deadly serious in ambition, wildly entertaining in execution, Ways and Means is a remarkably accomplished debut . . . Every line of this gorgeous novel glows with Lefferts' intelligence and compassion." ―ANTHONY MARRA, New York Times bestselling author of Mercury Pictures Presents and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena "A work of enormous wit, humor, and passion that captures life in turbo capitalist America with compassion and grace." ―GARY SHTEYNGART, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends "Totally absorbing . . . Lefferts delivers The Great Gatsby for the 21st-century: irreverent, sexy, and sharp. A major event." ―JESSI JEZEWSKA STEVENS, author of The Exhibition of Persephone Q and The Visitors Alistair McCabe comes to New York with a plan. Young, handsome, intelligent, and gay, he hopes to escape his Rust Belt poverty and give his mother a better life by pursuing a career in high finance. But by the spring of 2016, Alistair's plan has come undone: His fantasy banking job has eluded him, he's mired in student debt, and in his desperation he's gone to work for an enigmatic billionaire whose ambitions turn out to be far darker than Alistair could have imagined. By the time Alistair uncovers his employer's secret, his life is in danger and he's forced to go on the run. Meanwhile, Alistair's paramours, an older couple named Mark and Elijah, must face their own moral and financial dilemmas. Mark, nearing the end of his trust fund, takes a job with his father's mobile-home empire that forces him to confront the unsavory foundations of his family's wealth, while Elijah, a failed painter, throws in his lot with an artist-provocateur whose latest project transforms the country's political chaos into a thing of alluring, amoral beauty. As the nation hurtles toward a breaking point, Alistair, Mark, and Elijah must band together to save one another and themselves. Propulsive, exuberant, and profoundly observed, Ways and Means is an indelible, clear-eyed investigation of class and ambition, sex and art, and politics and power in twenty-first century America. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) Literature. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-06-27 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cba07d2e-fb93-4c6e-8a5f-7a0c22c8c7d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cba07d2e-fb93-4c6e-8a5f-7a0c22c8c7d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cba07d2e-fb93-4c6e-8a5f-7a0c22c8c7d0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)