{"product_id":"au-pair-3","title":"Au Pair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eNamed a ‘Most-Anticipated Book’ by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to high-powered banker Lucy is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children – and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eAs a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he’s created – and the deeper insecurities that fuelled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWith propulsive momentum, sharp wit and sly, lucid prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Au Pair \u003c\/em\u003eis a sleek literary thriller about failure, desire, and the unravelling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance – when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e* * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Au Pair:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/em\u003e is Teddy Wayne at his immensely readable best. The plot ratchets up in the creepiest, most chilling way while deliciously skewering the Brooklyn literary set. It’s a book you’ll tear through, one that leaves you guessing until the last page’ \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Semple, author of \u003cem\u003eGo Gentle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e‘You may think you know where it’s going, this novel about a disappointed writer, his frosty wife, and a comely young nanny. You may be in for a surprise. Propulsive but also insightful – and funny, in its merciless skewering of midlife, marriage, and more – \u003cem\u003eThe Au Pair \u003c\/em\u003ecements Teddy Wayne’s status as a master of the wicked little literary thriller’ \u003cstrong\u003eRumaan Alam, author of \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e‘An ingenious dissection of marriage, masculinity, and privilege, propelled by a gimlet-eyed wit… A sly, unsettling hybrid of social satire and domestic thriller’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e‘A sharp domestic thriller… An intricate look at the perils of seeking admiration. Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e‘Teddy Wayne has written a book about selling out that doesn’t—a guilty pleasure that earns its guilt. \u003cem\u003eThe Au Pair \u003c\/em\u003eis a canny seduction wrapped in a page-turning thriller wrapped in an elegy for the literary novel: a threefold delight’ \u003cstrong\u003eAyad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Radiance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57298462474584,"sku":"9780008849788","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/au-pair-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}