by Tom Wolfe
First published 2025
In the swirling chaos of 1960s New York, a group of friends navigate the glitz, glamour, and grit of the city. From lavish parties in the Hamptons to seedy downtown haunts, they careen between the heights of excess and the depths of despair. Beneath the mauve gloves and clinking glasses, a darker undercurrent of paranoia and disillusionment threatens to consume them all. As their lives become increasingly entangled, they must confront the personal demons and societal pressures that threaten to tear them apart. Through it all, they discover that in a world gone mad, the only constants are the ties that bind them together.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, friends-to-lovers
Setting: New York, Hamptons
Period: 1960s
240 pages · Paperback · Picador
Content warnings: mental-illness, substance-abuse