{"product_id":"going-dutch-9781982103200","title":"Going Dutch","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A charming, well-observed debut,\" (NPR) featuring a gay male graduate student who falls for his brilliant female classmate, \"you'll tear through this tale of a thoroughly modern love triangle\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExhausted by dead-end forays in the gay dating scene, surrounded constantly by friends but deeply lonely in New York City, and drifting into academic abyss, twenty-something graduate student Richard has plenty of sources of anxiety. But at the forefront is his crippling writer's block, which threatens daily to derail his graduate funding and leave Richard poor, directionless, and desperately single. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Anne: his brilliant classmate who offers to \u003ci\u003e\"help\"\u003c\/i\u003e Richard write his papers in exchange for his company, despite Richard's fairly obvious sexual orientation. Still, he needs her help, and it doesn't hurt that Anne has folded Richard into her abundant lifestyle. What begins as an initially transactional relationship blooms gradually into something more complex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then a one-swipe-stand with an attractive, successful lawyer named Blake becomes serious, and Richard suddenly finds himself unable to detach from Anne, entangled in her web of privilege, brilliance, and, oddly, her unabashed acceptance of Richard's flaws. As the two relationships reach points of serious commitment, Richard soon finds himself on a romantic and existential collision course--one that brings about surprising revelations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intelligent, entertaining and elegantly written\" (Adelle Waldman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eGoing Dutch\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive portrait of relationships in an age of digital romantic abundance, but it's also a heartfelt and humorous exploration of love and sexuality, and a poignant meditation on the things emotionally ravenous people seek from and do to each other. \"This marvelously witty take on dating in New York City and the blurry nature of desire announces Gregor as a fresh, electric new voice\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregor, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James Gregor holds an MFA in Fiction from Columbia. He has been a writer in residence at the Villa Lena Foundation in Tuscany and a bookseller at Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. James was born and grew up in Canada. \u003ci\u003eGoing Dutch\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735706435858,"sku":"9781982103200","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a69ea5a-69f9-4d7f-adc5-e5454bed8a50.jpg?v=1763541970","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/going-dutch-9781982103200","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}