Indiscretion - by Charles Dubow (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

Harry and Madeleine Winslow have been blessed with talent, money, and charm. Harry is a National Book Award-winning author. Madeleine is a woman of sublime beauty and grace. The Winslows play host to a coterie of close friends and acolytes eager to bask in their golden radiance, whether they are in their bucolic East Hampton cottage, abroad in Rome, or in their comfortable Manhattan brownstone.

One weekend, Harry and Maddy meet Claire, who eagerly falls into their welcoming orbit. But soon her reverence transforms into a dangerous desire, and she no longer remains one of their hangers-on.

A story of love, lust, deception, and betrayal as seen through the omniscient eyes of Maddy's childhood friend Walter, a narrator akin to Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby, Indiscretion is an irresistibly sensual page-turner.

Review Quotes

"Indiscretion richly delves into the complex permutations of love. Charles Dubow writes with nuanced precision, and his characters are captivatingly real. This is a fine, supple, riveting first novel." - Kate Christenson, author of The Great Man and The Astral
"Charles Dubow has pulled off something remarkable: a finely tuned, perfectly pitched literary novel with the urgency of a tensely plotted thriller. I couldn't put it down." - Chris Pavone, author of the New York Times bestseller The Expats
"An epic novel of friendship, betrayal and undying love ... outstanding" - Kirkus Reviews
"This could be a stock novel of romance-gone-wrong, lust, betrayal, regret and tragedy, perhaps even an imitation of THE GREAT GATSBY. But it is more than that. INDISCRETION, in the hands of Charles Dubow, reads like a suspense/thriller. New on the novelist's scene, Dubow creates four richly drawn characters as fully formed, flesh-and-blood men and women. . . . His first work is a bright beacon." - BookReporter.com
"Dubow proves himself to be an elegant writer with a shrewd sense of how to shape his material for the broadest appeal. Glamourous settings, old money, and steamy sex all combine to make this one a totally addictive read." - Booklist
"Dubow's first novel is a deliciously absorbing page-turner. His captivating characters jump off the page to pull the reader into their story." - Library Journal (starred review)
"A smart, sensuous, and moving debut. ... Delicious. ... The characters exude a Jazz Age glamour." - O magazine
"Dubow has composed an addictive first novel that keeps the reader guessing with the turn of each page. . . . INDISCRETION transcends the love story archetype." - BookPage
"Charles Dubow's greatest triumph is in the way that he reinvents and reinvigorates familiar themes in a mesmerizing new way." - New World Review
"An homage to Gatsby-right down to its Nick Carraway-ish narrator-this is a suspenseful, diverting debut." - People
"Dubow writes with a kind of urgency that grabs you by the pajamas and won't let go. Indiscretion is a page-turner of high style." - Washington Independent Review of Books
"Dubow's elegant build is one of the pleasures of Indiscretion...one of those quintessential Manhattan novels that come along, like Rules of Civility...Dubow not only has a way with words but with emotional truths as well." - New York Daily News
"A cultural lament wrapped in a lesson about extramarital lust--a riveting read." - Daily Beast