This week, you have the opportunity to get yer mitts on the latest novel by Michael (The Hours
Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties denizens of Manhattan's Soho, nearing the apogee of committed careers in the arts--he a dealer, she an editor. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy. Then Rebecca's much younger look-alike brother Ethan (known in the family as Mizzy, "the mistake") shows up for a visit. A beautiful, beguiling twenty-three-year-old with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is wayward, at loose ends, looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his artists, their work, his career--the entire world he has so carefully constructed.
I don't know about you, but I always love a good apogee crisis.
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What novel by Michael Cunningham was awarded the Pulitzer Prize? (The answer can be found by clicking HERE.)
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*Thereby ensuring that a certain "Mr. Frito Pringle" is ineligible to be accidentally declared the winner.
Thanks so much - I look forward to reading these!
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