The Au Pair

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Beschreibung

<strong>A <em>New York Times</em>Novel Everyone Will Be Talking About This Year</strong><strong>'Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?' <em>New York Times</em></strong><strong><em>'</em>Nerve-wrackingly fun' <em>Vogue,</em>Best Books of the Year So Far</strong><p>Steven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to high-powered banker Lucy is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children - and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.</p><p>As a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he's created - and the deeper insecurities that fuelled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?</p><p>With propulsive momentum, sharp wit and sly, lucid prose, <em>The Au Pair</em>is a sleek literary thriller about failure, desire, and the unravelling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance - when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.</p><p><strong>Perfect for fans of <em>The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair</em> and<em> Fleishman is in Trouble</em></strong></p><p>* * * *</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>The Au Pair:</em></strong></p><p>'Wayne, perhaps no surprise, is an <strong>expert guide into the complex psyche of an author</strong>. He is also a <strong>deft social satirist</strong>, no more than when skewering his characters' politically correct pretensions' <strong><em>Wall Street Journal</em></strong></p><p>'<em>The Au Pair</em> is Teddy Wayne at his <strong>immensely readable</strong> best. The plot ratchets up in the creepiest, most <strong>chilling</strong>way while deliciously skewering the Brooklyn l

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008849788

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

230 x 151 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK