A Weekend in New York - by Benjamin Markovits (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From the 2025 Booker shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives

"Elegant and absorbing." Guardian
"Hugely enjoyable." Observer
"Intimate, funny . . . Masterfully done." Daily Mail
"Sophisticated and engrossing." Literary Review

Paul is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex-model and photographer, and together with their two-year-old son they form a tableau of the contented upper-middle-class New York family. But Paul's parents and siblings have come to stay in the build-up to the US Open, and with summer storms brewing, several generations of domestic tension are brought to boiling point . . .

Review Quotes

"In tender, compassionate prose...Markovits glints through desire, ennui, misunderstanding, and love, illuminating one family's life so that it glows collectively like a human panorama." Jonathan Lethem

"Elegant, absorbing . . . What a fine ear Markovits has for the way people talk . . . Each exchange is a prolonged, expert rally, with the book as the ball, bearing the imprint of each family member in turn." - Guardian

"A book to be savored ... for its granular evocation of family life . . . Hugely enjoyable." - Observer

"Intimate, funny and agile enough to capture the ever-shifting sands on which family life is built . . . Masterfully done." - Daily Mail

"Sophisticated and engrossing . . . full of authentically captured emotion and wonderfully acute observation . . . the imprint of Saul Bellow is evident [yet] Markovits's voice feels wholly his own . . . This is a subtle, ruminative novel of family life, generational conflict and compromise [and] marks a novelist coming into his own." - Literary Review

"A good writer makes the reading easy and Markovits makes for a smooth, immersive ride ... Markovits has a lively eye for the small, ingrained moments of everyday life, and this gives his writing its authenticity." - Herald

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