Very Nice
Read by
Vikas Adam,
Cassandra Campbell,
Johnathan McClain,
January LaVoy,
Emily Lawrence,
various narrators
Release:
07/02/2019
Runtime:
9h 0m
Unabridged
Quantity:
A story of sex and intrigue set amid rich people in a beautiful house with a picturesque swimming pool… The brisk pacing and economical style are seductive and keep the reader’s attention… Ruminate[s] on identity, art, violence, and our current politics… She’s asking big questions but at the same time giving us the kind of book we’re told we want during the summer… This is a more serious book than it might seem at first glance. It’s like she’s served us a cupcake that turns out to be nutritious. I won’t spoil the book’s conclusion, not because I dislike spoilers but because I’m in awe of it… Okay, one spoiler: The last word of the book is ‘laugh.’ I bet you will.
Rumaan Alam, The Washington Post
A brilliantly funny novel of money, sex, race, and bad behavior in the post-Obama era, featuring a wealthy Connecticut divorcée, her college-age daughter, and the famous novelist who is seduced by them both.
Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his silky hair, and the sad, beautiful life he laid bare on Twitter, she does, and the kiss is very nice. Zahid Azzam never planned to become a houseguest in his student's sprawling Connecticut home, but with the sparkling swimming pool, the endless supply of Whole Foods strawberries, and Rachel's beautiful mother, he does, and the home is very nice. Becca Klein never thought she'd have a love affair so soon after her divorce, but when her daughter's professor walks into her home, bringing with him an apricot standard poodle named Princess, she does, and the affair is...a very bad idea.
Zigzagging between the rarefied circles of Manhattan investment banking, the achingly self-serious MFA programs of the Midwest, and the private bedrooms of Connecticut, Very Nice is an audacious, addictive, and wickedly smart take on the way we live now.
Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Rachel, read by Emily Lawrence
Zahid, read by Vikas Adam
Becca, read by Cassandra Campbell
Khloe, read by January LaVoy
Jonathan, read by Johnathan McClain
Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his silky hair, and the sad, beautiful life he laid bare on Twitter, she does, and the kiss is very nice. Zahid Azzam never planned to become a houseguest in his student's sprawling Connecticut home, but with the sparkling swimming pool, the endless supply of Whole Foods strawberries, and Rachel's beautiful mother, he does, and the home is very nice. Becca Klein never thought she'd have a love affair so soon after her divorce, but when her daughter's professor walks into her home, bringing with him an apricot standard poodle named Princess, she does, and the affair is...a very bad idea.
Zigzagging between the rarefied circles of Manhattan investment banking, the achingly self-serious MFA programs of the Midwest, and the private bedrooms of Connecticut, Very Nice is an audacious, addictive, and wickedly smart take on the way we live now.
Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Rachel, read by Emily Lawrence
Zahid, read by Vikas Adam
Becca, read by Cassandra Campbell
Khloe, read by January LaVoy
Jonathan, read by Johnathan McClain
Release:
2019-07-02
Runtime:
9h 0m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781984891150
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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