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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck
Ann Beattie
Viking
April 2019
On Sale: April 2, 2019
288 pages
ISBN: 0525557342
EAN: 9780525557340
Kindle: B07FC1X99V
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Literature and Fiction
A razor-sharp, deeply felt new novel--the twenty-first
book by Ann Beattie--about the complicated relationship
between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the
secrets we keep from those we love At a boarding school in New Hampshire, Ben joins the honor
society led by Pierre LaVerdere, an enigmatic, brilliant,
yet perverse, teacher who instructs his students not only
about how to reason, but how to prevaricate. As the years go
by, LaVerdere's covert and overt instruction lingers in his
students' lives as they seek some sense of purpose or
meaning. When Ben feels the pace of his life accelerating
and views his intimate relationships as less and less
fulfilling, there seems to be a subtext he's not able to
access. And what, really, did Bailey Academy teach him? While relationships with his stepmother and sister improve,
and a move to upstate New York offers respite from his
anxiety about love and work, LaVerdere's reappearance in his
life disturbs his equilibrium. Everything he once thought he
knew about his teacher--and himself--is called into
question. Written by one of our most iconic writers, known
for casting a cold eye on her generation's ambivalence and
sometimes mistaken ambition, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck
is a keenly observed psychological study of a man who
alternates between careful driving and hazardous risk
taking, as he struggles to incorporate his past into the
vertiginous present.
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