New Life of Hugo Gardner

A Novel

Louis Begley

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Random House Books for Young Readers
17 March 2020

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Beloved author Louis Begley returns to the monied halls of the Upper East Side with a sharp new comedy of manners. Divorced after decades of comfortable marriage, retired journalist Hugo Gardner sets out to explore paths not travelled.

Beloved author Louis Begley returns to the monied halls of the Upper East Side with a sharp new comedy of manners. Divorced after decades of comfortable marriage, retired journalist Hugo Gardner sets out to explore paths not travelled.

After four decades of what he believes to be a happy, healthy partnership, Hugo Gardner's world is overturned when he learns that his wife, Valerie, is not only requesting a divorce but has left him for a younger, more vital man. Hugo, an octogenarian political writer and retired journalist for Time, must rethink the way he's lived, and reassess how he'd like to spend his remaining years.

Reconsidering past relationships in his mind, with years of distance, Hugo begins to see things in a new light- Valerie, whose youth and ambition eventually came between them; his children, whose support might be more financially than emotionally motivated; and his friends, who, like him are rapidly aging before his very eyes. With an ominous oncologist's report hanging over his head, Hugo decides to get away for a bit, to a conference in Paris. There, a new romance blooms and Hugo finds himself wondering if growing old in Paris might be the perfect antidote to the drama he left behind in New York.

Unflinching, witty, and urbane as ever, Louis Begley delivers a spot-on satire of the world of New York's aging elite, and uncovers the unexpected delights a late-in-life change can offer.

By: Louis Begley
Imprint: Random House Books for Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9780385545624
ISBN 10: 0385545622
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Louis Begley's novels includeMemories of a Marriage,Schmidt Steps Back,Matters of Honor,Shipwreck,Schmidt Delivered,Mistler's Exit,About Schmidt,As Max Saw It,The Man Who Was Late, andWartime Lies, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize. His latest novel,Kill and be Killed, was published in 2016.His work has been translated intofourteen languages. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Reviews for New Life of Hugo Gardner: A Novel

"“Wily and adept . . . With discerning, amusing, and cutting commentary on everything from food and wine to politics, sex, and the right to die with dignity, Begley seduces and provokes with fiercely urbane wit."" —Booklist “Begley turns in a spry, unerringly smooth performance . . . A sharply amusing novel in which an octogenarian pundit rediscovers his past.” —Kirkus"