{"product_id":"virtue-9780593188606","title":"Virtue","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Summer Must Read by \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bustle, Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping, \u003c\/i\u003e Refinery29, and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Hoby] might have just written the defining New York City novel of our fraught, socially anxious, and politically tumultuous times.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intense and addictive.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful novel of youth, desire, and moral conflict, in which a young man is seduced by the mirage of glamour--at terrible cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArriving in New York City for an internship at an elite but fading magazine, Luca feels invisible: smart but not worldly, privileged but broke, and uncertain how to navigate a new era of social change. Among his peers is Zara, a young Black woman whose sharp wit and frank views on injustice create tension in the office, especially in the wake of a shock election that's irrevocably destabilized American life. In the months that follow, as the streets of New York fill with pink-hatted protesters and the magazine faces a changing of the guard, Luca is taken under the wing of an attractive and wealthy white couple--Paula, a prominent artist, and Jason, her filmmaker husband--whose lifestyle he finds both alien and alluring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the coming of summer, Luca is swept up in the fever dream of their marriage, accepting an invitation to join the couple and their children at their beach house, and nurturing an infatuation both frustrating and dangerous. Only after he learns of a spectacular tragedy in the city he has left behind does he begin to realize the moral consequences of his allegiances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In language at once lyrical and incisive, \u003ci\u003eVirtue\u003c\/i\u003e offers a clear-eyed, unsettling story of the allure of privilege and the costs of complacency, from a writer of astonishing acuity and vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHermione Hoby\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNeon in Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e, which was twice listed as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Frieze\u003c\/i\u003e. Raised in London, she lives in Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486297690386,"sku":"9780593188606","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40e71829-9419-486f-b50d-e14917a21651.jpg?v=1730423675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/virtue-9780593188606","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}