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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, Shelter in Place is a novel about house and home, furniture and rooms, safety and freedom and the insidious ways in which political upheaval can undermine even the most seemingly impregnable foundations.

 
 

Review

A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel about all the bewildering ways we seek solace from the people and things that surround us -- Jenny Offill

Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet -- Rachel Cusk

Shelter in Place is a poignant, funny, wonderful novel, a pleasure and a joy -- Donald Antrim

There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence, vanity and, yes, happiness. Leavitt unfurls a droll drawing-room pastiche that evokes la dolce vita as 'Seinfeld' episode . It's Aaron Sorkin on steroids. And surprisingly compelling ... Leavitt, cleverly crafting a New Yorker cartoon in words, proves there is still some navel-gazing worth reading - New York Times Book Review

I've long been a fan of David Leavitt's work, for its range, its depth, its smarts and its humour. He is a phenomenal and prescient writer -- Justin Torres

An amusing satire set in New York in the aftermath of the last vote, among a well-heeled arts-and-media crowd mourning Donald Trump's victory in 2016 ... The joy lies in how gently Leavitt lets air out of the catty micro-climates his characters inhabit, from publishing to interior design -- Anthony Cummins - Daily Mail

David Leavitt is a masterful writer and his dialogue, his innate sense of the rhythm of how people talk to each other, both in public and in private, is absolutely incredible. It's impossible not to be pulled into this novel, to see the epicentre of chaos in the lives of these characters, and listen to them try to talk themselves into a new imagining of the world. With precision and humour, Leavitt has created something amazing -- Kevin Wilson, author of 'Nothing to See Here'

Leavitt is a master stylist ... An important writer. He is the rarest of all birds - a man of letters -- Edmund White

There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence ... [Leavitt] cleverly craft[s] a New Yorker cartoon in words, proves there is still some navel-gazing worth reading - New York Times Book Review

Book Description

David Leavitt, 'one of the major voices in contemporary fiction' (Guardian), returns with a brilliant new novel about our sense of self and safety in the divisive age of Donald Trump

About the Author

David Leavitt's fiction has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the LA Times Fiction Prize, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker,the New York Times, Harper's and Vogue, among other publications. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Professor of English at the University of Florida and edits the literary magazine Subtropics.
 
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  • ISBN: 9781408845950
  • Author: David Leavitt
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury
  • Pages: 384
  • Format: Paperback
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Book Description

'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, Shelter in Place is a novel about house and home, furniture and rooms, safety and freedom and the insidious ways in which political upheaval can undermine even the most seemingly impregnable foundations.

 
 

Review

A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel about all the bewildering ways we seek solace from the people and things that surround us -- Jenny Offill

Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet -- Rachel Cusk

Shelter in Place is a poignant, funny, wonderful novel, a pleasure and a joy -- Donald Antrim

There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence, vanity and, yes, happiness. Leavitt unfurls a droll drawing-room pastiche that evokes la dolce vita as 'Seinfeld' episode . It's Aaron Sorkin on steroids. And surprisingly compelling ... Leavitt, cleverly crafting a New Yorker cartoon in words, proves there is still some navel-gazing worth reading - New York Times Book Review

I've long been a fan of David Leavitt's work, for its range, its depth, its smarts and its humour. He is a phenomenal and prescient writer -- Justin Torres

An amusing satire set in New York in the aftermath of the last vote, among a well-heeled arts-and-media crowd mourning Donald Trump's victory in 2016 ... The joy lies in how gently Leavitt lets air out of the catty micro-climates his characters inhabit, from publishing to interior design -- Anthony Cummins - Daily Mail

David Leavitt is a masterful writer and his dialogue, his innate sense of the rhythm of how people talk to each other, both in public and in private, is absolutely incredible. It's impossible not to be pulled into this novel, to see the epicentre of chaos in the lives of these characters, and listen to them try to talk themselves into a new imagining of the world. With precision and humour, Leavitt has created something amazing -- Kevin Wilson, author of 'Nothing to See Here'

Leavitt is a master stylist ... An important writer. He is the rarest of all birds - a man of letters -- Edmund White

There is an art to writing about unlikable people while still engaging the reader to invest in their indulgence ... [Leavitt] cleverly craft[s] a New Yorker cartoon in words, proves there is still some navel-gazing worth reading - New York Times Book Review

Book Description

David Leavitt, 'one of the major voices in contemporary fiction' (Guardian), returns with a brilliant new novel about our sense of self and safety in the divisive age of Donald Trump

About the Author

David Leavitt's fiction has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the LA Times Fiction Prize, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker,the New York Times, Harper's and Vogue, among other publications. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he is Professor of English at the University of Florida and edits the literary magazine Subtropics.
 

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