First published 2010
Peter's stable New York life is disrupted when his wife's younger brother Mizzy comes to stay. As Peter becomes increasingly fixated on the alluring Mizzy, his loyalty to his wife Rebecca is tested. Drawn into a dangerous emotional entanglement, Peter must confront his own desires and the fragility of his marriage. Cunningham's masterful novel explores the thin line between love and obsession, and how one man's quest for fleeting beauty threatens to unravel his entire world.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York, New York (State)
238 pages · Hardcover · Farrar, Straus and Giroux