Shelter in Place [electronic resource]
David Leavitt2020
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'Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet'
Rachel Cusk
'A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel' Jenny Offill
It is the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election, and in a plush weekend
house in Connecticut, a group of New Yorkers has gathered to recover from what
they consider the greatest political catastrophe of their lives. Liberal and
like-minded, the friends have come to the countryside in the hope of restoring
the bubble in which they have grown used to living.
Moving through her days accompanied by a carefully curated salon, Eva Lindquist
is a generous hostess with an obsession for decorating. Yet when, in her avidity
to secure shelter for herself, she persuades her husband to buy a grand if
dilapidated apartment in Venice, she unwittingly sets off the chain of events
that will propel him to venture outside the bubble and embark on an unexpected
love affair.
A slyly comic look at the shelter industry, Shel...
Main title:
Shelter in Place [electronic resource] / David Leavitt
Author:
David Leavitt, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (224)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781408846131
Language:
English
BRN:
437470
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |