Bad Summer People
A scorchingly addictive summer must-read
-
- S/ 22.90
-
- S/ 22.90
Descripción editorial
GET READY FOR YOUR NEXT SUMMER OBSESSION: A PERFECT RICH-PEOPLE-BEHAVING-BADLY BEACH READ
'Need a post-Waystar fix? Get your eyes round Bad Summer People' SUNDAY TIMES
STYLE
'Awful rich people on their summer holidays having affairs and secret money worries, it is DELICIOUS' MARIAN KEYES
---
The island’s where you go to have fun.
Miles of beaches and boardwalks.
The sun’s hot. The games are competitive.
And the best liaisons are illicit.
The same rich families have been
coming every summer for years.
And whether it’s on the tennis court, or in the
bedroom, old rivalries gain a new frisson.
Then the body is found.
Is it murder? Has it all, finally, gone too far?
But if so – how do you stop?
---
‘Brilliantly written, wryly funny, excitingly paced’ DAILY MAIL
‘A sizzling sin-fest. The perfect page-turning read’ GRAZIA
‘Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun’ LUCY FOLEY
‘Wicked, clever fun. Sinfully good like a summer cocktail you want to keep refilling’ KEVIN KWAN
‘An addictive thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Rosenblum's scintillating debut, liars, cheaters, and scoundrels converge on Fire Island for the summer, where a series of shake-ups to the seasonal routine culminates in the discovery of a dead body. A prologue features eight-year-old Danny Leavitt's discovery of the body, which Rosenblum doesn't identify or describe until the end, but which Danny excitedly takes to be a murder victim. The reader is then treated to colorful portraits of the cliquish seasonal community members without knowing which one will die. Rosenblum starts with broad strokes before really digging in to the various players, noting how the "men measured themselves by their net worth and women by their tennis games." Rachel Woolf, 42, is the reigning gossip queen; Danny's mother is a "B-lister"; lawyer Sam Weinstein and private equity investor Jason Parker, both married, continue a bitter rivalry over Sam's wife, Jen, whom Jason dated first. Every island event—from Fourth of July to the Bay Picnic—is overseen by a 73-year-old curmudgeonly widow, Susan Steinhagen. Rosenblum does a terrific job of establishing the setting and atmosphere, and adds complexity to the plot by revisiting events from various points of view. This is wickedly entertaining.
