The Sandersons Fail Manhattan: A Novel [Hardcover]

A laugh-out-loud mash-up ofBonfire of the Vanitiesand Mean Girls. Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking

William Sanderson is very rich, but you can always be richer. Hes up for a huge promotion at investment giant Bedrock Capital, but theres one crucial hurdle he must clear firstassuming he can keep the HR department at bay. Hes also looking for any string to pull to get his maddeningly indifferent daughter Ginny into Yale. Ellie, his wife, is a newcomer to New York who only wants to fit in, while Daughter #2, the shy Zoey, is happy just to make a new friend, even in the form of the unusual new girl who calls herself a goblin.

Things turn upside down when the girls exclusive school admits its first trans student, only to have her mysteriously disappear. As a frenzied search begins, the entire city frets about her fate. Somehow caught in the crosshairs are the Sandersons, a family desperately trying to navigate all the new cultural rulesand failing miserably.

SCOTT JOHNSTON grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Yale, where he later taught as an adjunct. He worked on Wall Street, including a stint in Hong Kong, and ran a quantitative hedge fund. More recently, Johnston shifted gears to cofound and subsequently sell two tech start-ups. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and blogs frequently about educational issues at The Naked Dollar.

Scott Johnson is the sharpest  and most fun to read  satirical novelist writing today. Following on his brilliant debut novelCampusland, he turns his attention to Manhattan's ever-so-upper East Side, in a laugh-out loud mash-up ofBonfire of the VanitiesandMean Girls.This is D.E.I. at its best: Delicious, Entertaining, Intelligent. Did I mention fun? Great fun.  Christopher Buckley, author ofThank You for Smoking

Here is theBonfire of the Vanitiesof our time. Johnston casts his sharp eye on New Yorks most privileged circlel+