The explosive debut novel - about family, power and privilege - from the creator of the award-winning Mad Men.
Named aBarnes & NobleBest Book of the Year
Mark and Karen Breakstone have constructed the idyllic life of wealth and status they always wanted, made complete by their beautiful and extraordinary daughter Heather. But they are still not quite at the top. When the new owners of the penthouse above them begin construction, an unstable stranger penetrates the security of their comfortable lives and threatens to destroy everything they've created.
Acclaimed storyteller Matthew Weiner has been entertaining audiences for two decades, most recently as writer, creator, executive producer, and director of
Mad Men,one of television's most honored series. He also worked as a writer and executive producer on
The Sopranos,along with several comedy series, and made his feature film debut in 2014. Weiner studied at Wesleyan University and earned his MFA from the University of Southern California. Weiner deftly exposes the weirdness of mundane lifechanges and chillingly reminds us of how unstable the ground is that we takefor granted beneath our feet.
Maureen Corrigan,NPR's Fresh Air creepy,unsettling...and queasily seductive
USA Today Beyond its chillingportrait of America's social and economic divide, the novel raises a number ofthorny questions... Weiner writes with maximum economy
Associated Press You'll devour it in a single, heart-racing sitting.
People slim but it packs a substantial punch
Seattle Review of Books The Matthew Weiner of
Mad Menmakes himself known in
Heatherviasharp and complex character insights...the novel transcends the status of a meresleek, domestic thriller, and contributes meaningfully, unexlã2