Long Island Compromise

Not gonna sugarcoat this: Long Island Compromise is the best book I've read this year. You do not want to miss it -- Harlan Coben I'm no judge -- of anything at all -- but I think Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise might be a masterpiece -- Hugh Laurie Very, very good. Dare I say . . . I liked it even more than Fleishman -- Elizabeth Day An ambitious, funny family drama . . . Lavishly comic -- Susie Goldsbrough * The Times * Elegant and devastating . . . A rich, stylish, moving and funny novel . . . Every reader will find something here that they can recognise, that will resonate and endure -- Erica Wagner * Financial Times * [A] scabrous satire of the super-rich . . . Brodesser-Akner is a keen observer of class aspiration as a survival method. -- Jennifer Wilson * The New Yorker * A lip-smacking tale of family, wealth and self-destruction told with relish -- John Self * Guardian * Is this book as good [as Fleishman]? It's better. Sprawling yet nimble, this is her Big American Reform Jewish Novel . . . All those well-timed twists, neat callbacks and tidy scenes are a mitzvah for this satisfying, touching novel. The talented Taffy Brodesser-Akner over here -- Sloane Crosley * The New York Times * Book of the summer -- nay, the year. So funny and sprawling and beautifully written. The audio version is read by the great Edoardo Ballerini who is sublime -- David Sedaris Brodesser-Akner had me at ""hello"" with this opening line from her raucous and ravishing Long Island Compromise, an epic family saga that joins the ranks of such great American novels as The Corrections and Middlesex . . . This author's talents are boundless . . . A humane, brazen, gorgeous novel whose words dance exuberantly on the page -- Leigh Haber * Los Angeles Times * This novel needs to come with a health warning: don't take it on a crowded train. You will laugh inappropriately and frequently, and start reading whole passages aloud to complete strangers who catch your eye. Long Island Compromise is everything I was dreaming it would be -- shocking, tender, profound and delicious -- Emily Maitlis Completely engrossing and absorbing; both enjoyable and funny while also substantive and profound -- Cathy Rentzenbrink This book is DYNAMITE. Inhaled it in two sittings -- Caitlin Moran The pleasure of Brodesser-Akner's writing is her ability to make us consider a weighty subject in a way that feels thrillingly original . . . Greatness comes so often at the expense of what is enjoyable. Long Island Compromise is both, and then some -- Marianne Levy * iPaper * The status book you'll want to be seen with. As ever, Taffy Brodesser-Akner proves she's a master at uncovering the hdiden human emotions that connect us all, regardless of who we are -- Otegha Uwagba * Stylist * Long Island Compromise interrogates wealth, status, dysfunctional relationships and inherited trauma, all with Brodesser-Akner's typically incisive brand of wit -- Anna Bonet * iPaper * Exuberant and absorbing . . . Long Island Compromise is ingeniously plotted, its various storylines building toward several extremely satisfying plot twists -- by which I mean the best kind of twists, ones that are earned, that make the reader simultaneously gasp in surprise and want to hit oneself because, in retrospect, they make so much sense that there's no excuse for not having seen them coming . . . Like Franzen's, Brodesser-Akner's sympathies are broad and deep, and like him, she is a person on whom nothing is lost . . . She is also, like him, a sly and stylish writer, adept at using comedy and clever comedic framing to plumb the depths of her characters' misery -- Adelle Waldman * Atlantic * Not many books make me laugh, gasp, and tear up within the same story, but this one did . . . One final reason to read the book? You won't understand its title until you do! -- Zeynep Kazmaz * nb. Magazine * Now one of my favourite Jewish novels . . . It is SO good . . . It is [a book] that will be read for the ages and will provide a lot of joy, comfort and recognition to people now. Because it's not just a great Jewish novel, it's great literature. -- Hadley Freeman * Jewish Chronicle * Not gonna sugarcoat this: Long Island Compromise is the best book I've read this year. You do not want to miss it -- Harlan Coben I'm no judge -- of anything at all -- but I think Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise might be a masterpiece -- Hugh Laurie Very, very good. Dare I say . . . I liked it even more than Fleishman -- Elizabeth Day An ambitious, funny family drama . . . Lavishly comic -- Susie Goldsbrough * The Times * Elegant and devastating . . . A rich, stylish, moving and funny novel . . . Every reader will find something here that they can recognise, that will resonate and endure -- Erica Wagner * Financial Times * [A] scabrous satire of the super-rich . . . Brodesser-Akner is a keen observer of class aspiration as a survival method. -- Jennifer Wilson * The New Yorker * A lip-smacking tale of family, wealth and self-destruction told with relish -- John Self * Guardian * Is this book as good [as Fleishman]? It's better. Sprawling yet nimble, this is her Big American Reform Jewish Novel . . . All those well-timed twists, neat callbacks and tidy scenes are a mitzvah for this satisfying, touching novel. The talented Taffy Brodesser-Akner over here -- Sloane Crosley * The New York Times * Book of the summer -- nay, the year. So funny and sprawling and beautifully written. The audio version is read by the great Edoardo Ballerini who is sublime -- David Sedaris Brodesser-Akner had me at ""hello"" with this opening line from her raucous and ravishing Long Island Compromise, an epic family saga that joins the ranks of such great American novels as The Corrections and Middlesex . . . This author's talents are boundless . . . A humane, brazen, gorgeous novel whose words dance exuberantly on the page -- Leigh Haber * Los Angeles Times * This novel needs to come with a health warning: don't take it on a crowded train. You will laugh inappropriately and frequently, and start reading whole passages aloud to complete strangers who catch your eye. Long Island Compromise is everything I was dreaming it would be -- shocking, tender, profound and delicious -- Emily Maitlis Completely engrossing and absorbing; both enjoyable and funny while also substantive and profound -- Cathy Rentzenbrink This book is DYNAMITE. Inhaled it in two sittings -- Caitlin Moran The pleasure of Brodesser-Akner's writing is her ability to make us consider a weighty subject in a way that feels thrillingly original . . . Greatness comes so often at the expense of what is enjoyable. Long Island Compromise is both, and then some -- Marianne Levy * iPaper * The status book you'll want to be seen with. As ever, Taffy Brodesser-Akner proves she's a master at uncovering the hdiden human emotions that connect us all, regardless of who we are -- Otegha Uwagba * Stylist * Long Island Compromise interrogates wealth, status, dysfunctional relationships and inherited trauma, all with Brodesser-Akner's typically incisive brand of wit -- Anna Bonet * iPaper * Exuberant and absorbing . . . Long Island Compromise is ingeniously plotted, its various storylines building toward several extremely satisfying plot twists -- by which I mean the best kind of twists, ones that are earned, that make the reader simultaneously gasp in surprise and want to hit oneself because, in retrospect, they make so much sense that there's no excuse for not having seen them coming . . . Like Franzen's, Brodesser-Akner's sympathies are broad and deep, and like him, she is a person on whom nothing is lost . . . She is also, like him, a sly and stylish writer, adept at using comedy and clever comedic framing to plumb the depths of her characters' misery -- Adelle Waldman * Atlantic * Not many books make me laugh, gasp, and tear up within the same story, but this one did . . . One final reason to read the book? You won't understand its title until you do! -- Zeynep Kazmaz * nb. Magazine * Now one of my favourite Jewish novels . . . It is SO good . . . It is [a book] that will be read for the ages and will provide a lot of joy, comfort and recognition to people now. Because it's not just a great Jewish novel, it's great literature. -- Hadley Freeman * Jewish Chronicle *