Gary ShteyngartLiterary Fiction · Fiction·b. 1972
Lake Success
Synopsis
After his seemingly perfect life implodes, Wall Street millionaire Barry Cohen, stressed by an SEC investigation and his son's autism diagnosis, flees New York on a cross-country bus trip. He hopes to find a simpler life with his long-lost college sweetheart. Back home, his driven wife Seema grapples with her own struggles in the wake of Barry's departure. This biting novel follows their separate journeys as they navigate the chaos of their own making.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10