{"product_id":"the-winner-9780063353596","title":"The Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \"Top-10 Thriller of the Year\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, and Bookshop.org \"Best Book of the Year'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConor O'Toole has never been anywhere like Cutters Neck, a gated community near Cape Cod. It's a sweet deal for the summer: in exchange for tennis lessons, he receives free lodging in a luxurious guest cottage, far from the cramped Yonkers apartment he shares with his diabetic mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this oceanfront paradise, however, new clients prove hard to come by, and Conor has bills to pay. When Catherine, a sharp-tongued divorc?e, offers double his usual rate, he soon realizes she is expecting additional, off the court services for her money, and Conor tumbles into a secret erotic affair unlike anything he's experienced before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite his steamy flings with a woman twice his age, he simultaneously finds himself falling for an artsy, outspoken girl he meets on the beach. With cautious, strategic planning, Conor somehow manages this tangled web--until he makes one final, irreversible mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dark, explosive literary thriller that brilliantly skewers the elite, Whiting Award winner Teddy Wayne's unputdownable novel is cinematic, shocking, and a psychological masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWayne, Teddy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeddy Wayne \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of seven novels and a winner of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship as well as a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN\/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003eand a former columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, he has taught at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570360946962,"sku":"9780063353596","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abd97810-8d98-495c-9ba6-6a9fc2980125.jpg?v=1748511115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-winner-9780063353596","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}