EAN: 9781804994160

ANTHONY JESSICA THE MOST

From 'one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page' (Laura Van Den Berg)  a
tightly wound  consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife  for fans of Jennifer Egan 
Jonathan Franzen and Taffy Brodesser-Akner  LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 A
Barnes & Noble BEST BOOK of 2024   'Clever  moving and unexpected. A brilliantly deft and
subtle story .' - Emma Healey  author of Elizabeth is Missing  ---  A warm Sunday in November
1957. As Sputnik 2 orbits the earth  carrying Laika  the doomed Soviet dog  a couple begin
their day.  Virgil Beckett  an insurance salesman  isn't particularly happy in his job but he
fulfils the role  playing golf with the partners  drinking in the bar  chasing the women.
Kathleen Beckett  once a promising tennis champion  with a key shot up her sleeve called 'The
Most'  is now a mother and homemaker.  Somehow these two  who have been together since college
have fallen into the roles expected of them - the prescribed suburban dream they have been sold
as something to covet  something that will fulfil their lives. But on this unseasonably warm 
early November Sunday  Kathleen wakes up and decides that she will not be accompanying her
family to church.  No  she feels like a swim.  She unearths her old  red bathing suit and
descends into the apartment complex pool no other resident uses. And she doesn't want to come
out...  ___   Praise for Jessica Anthony's ENTER THE AARDVARK   'A truly fresh piece of art'
Percival Everett  'Fresh  witty  smart' Kate Atkinson  'Highly inventive' Joshua Ferris  'A
writer possessed of mind-bending talents' Heidi Julavits

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