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Among Friends : A Novel by Hal Ebbott (2025, Hardcover)
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"A Among Friends: a Novel" by Hal Ebbott is a 2025 hardcover limited edition Book of the Month (BOTM) edition. This literary fiction novel explores themes of family life and is intended for a wide audience including young adults and adults. Set in the 2020s, the story is written in English and spans 320 pages. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, this novel delves into the narrative of friendship and personal growth within a family context."
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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100593854195
ISBN-139780593854198
eBay Product ID (ePID)16071768488
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Book TitleAmong Friends : a Novel
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicFamily Life, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorHal Ebbott
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight12.4 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
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ReviewsPraise for Among Friends : "Stylish and assured....Ebbott's prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John Cheever... The sentences go down easy, like a cold gin and tonic on a hot day. The point of view glides from one character to another, backward and forward in time, but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces." -- Washington Post "[A] finely calibrated début...The book is as discerning as it is pitiless about the transactional nature of human connection." -- The New Yorker "Trust us." - Town and Country "Subtle, keenly intelligent, psychologically deft...This is the kind of book Tom Wolfe used to write, and debut novelist Ebbott definitely has the talent and brio to carry it off. "Unflinching" is a label often applied to such works, but that word's not nearly strong enough for what happens here." -- Kirkus Reviews "Elegant...[with] refined prose that feels like a throwback to mid-20th-century psychological realism... Ebbott conjures up a world where mental machinations trump morality. It's an alluring accomplishment." -- Publishers Weekly "A masterly debut. Hal Ebbott ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations." -- John Banville "In the way that a forceful intelligence or an infectious voice or a fresh vision can alter how we observe and answer the world, Among Friends brought me into its cool environs and made me engage my days differently. It's no small accomplishment for a first novel, or for any novel." --Richard Ford "A wonderful, sly and subtle novel. Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut. Wow." --Miranda Cowley Heller " Among Friends is a powerful, elegant novel that offers unsparing and lyrically rendered insight into the lives of others . " --Claire Lombardo, Praise for Among Friends : "A masterly debut. Hal Ebbott ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations." - John Banville "In the way that a forceful intelligence or an infectious voice or a fresh vision can alter how we observe and answer the world, Among Friends brought me into its cool environs and made me engage my days differently. It's no small accomplishment for a first novel, or for any novel." - Richard Ford "A wonderful, sly and subtle novel. Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut. Wow." --Miranda Cowley Heller " Among Friends is a powerful, elegant novel that offers unsparing and lyrically rendered insight into the lives of others . " - Claire Lombardo, Praise for Among Friends : "Subtle, keenly intelligent, psychologically deft ...This is the kind of book Tom Wolfe used to write, and debut novelist Ebbott definitely has the talent and brio to carry it off...Ambitious, penetrating, occasionally brilliant." --Kirkus Reviews "Elegant...[with] refined prose that feels like a throwback to mid-20th-century psychological realism... Ebbott conjures up a world where mental machinations trump morality. It's an alluring accomplishment." -- Publishers Weekly "A masterly debut. Hal Ebbott ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations." - John Banville "In the way that a forceful intelligence or an infectious voice or a fresh vision can alter how we observe and answer the world, Among Friends brought me into its cool environs and made me engage my days differently. It's no small accomplishment for a first novel, or for any novel." - Richard Ford "A wonderful, sly and subtle novel. Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut. Wow." --Miranda Cowley Heller " Among Friends is a powerful, elegant novel that offers unsparing and lyrically rendered insight into the lives of others . " - Claire Lombardo, Praise for Among Friends : "Stylish and assured....Ebbott's prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John Cheever... The sentences go down easy, like a cold gin and tonic on a hot day. The point of view glides from one character to another, backward and forward in time, but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces." -- Washington Post "Trust us." - Town and Country "Subtle, keenly intelligent, psychologically deft...This is the kind of book Tom Wolfe used to write, and debut novelist Ebbott definitely has the talent and brio to carry it off. "Unflinching" is a label often applied to such works, but that word's not nearly strong enough for what happens here." -- Kirkus Reviews "Elegant...[with] refined prose that feels like a throwback to mid-20th-century psychological realism... Ebbott conjures up a world where mental machinations trump morality. It's an alluring accomplishment." -- Publishers Weekly "A masterly debut. Hal Ebbott ranges from the most exquisite, Jamesian discriminations to the graspable, all-American solidities of Updike and Richard Yates. This is a writer to watch, with excitement and the highest expectations." -- John Banville "In the way that a forceful intelligence or an infectious voice or a fresh vision can alter how we observe and answer the world, Among Friends brought me into its cool environs and made me engage my days differently. It's no small accomplishment for a first novel, or for any novel." --Richard Ford "A wonderful, sly and subtle novel. Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut. Wow." --Miranda Cowley Heller " Among Friends is a powerful, elegant novel that offers unsparing and lyrically rendered insight into the lives of others . " --Claire Lombardo
Synopsis"Stylish and assured....Ebbott's prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John Cheever...The sentences go down easy...but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces." --Washington Post "Acutely perceptive and beautifully written...A living thing...A huge achievement." --The Financial Times "Finely calibrated...[A]s discerning as it is pitiless." --The New Yorker What begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two families It's an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday. Together, the group forms an enviable portrait of middle age. The wives and husbands have been friends for over thirty years, their teenage daughters have grown up together, and the dinners, games, and rituals forming their days all reflect the rich bonds between them. This weekend, however, something is different. An unforeseen curdling of envy and resentment will erupt in an unspeakable act, the aftermath of which exposes treacherous fault lines upon which they have long dwelt. Written with hypnotic elegance and molten precision, and announcing the arrival of a major literary talent, Hal Ebbott's Among Friends examines betrayal within the sanctuary of a defining relationship, as well as themes of class, marriage, friendship, power, and the things we tell ourselves to preserve our finely made worlds., NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER 'S "BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR" "Stylish and assured....Ebbott's prose is honed and aphoristic, recalling the work of James Salter and John Cheever...The sentences go down easy...but there is substance beneath the gleaming surfaces." --Washington Post "Acutely perceptive and beautifully written...A living thing...A huge achievement." --The Financial Times "Finely calibrated...[A]s discerning as it is pitiless." --The New Yorker What begins as celebration gives way to betrayal, shattering the trust between two families It's an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday. Together, the group forms an enviable portrait of middle age. The wives and husbands have been friends for over thirty years, their teenage daughters have grown up together, and the dinners, games, and rituals forming their days all reflect the rich bonds between them. This weekend, however, something is different. An unforeseen curdling of envy and resentment will erupt in an unspeakable act, the aftermath of which exposes treacherous fault lines upon which they have long dwelt. Written with hypnotic elegance and molten precision, and announcing the arrival of a major literary talent, Hal Ebbott's Among Friends examines betrayal within the sanctuary of a defining relationship, as well as themes of class, marriage, friendship, power, and the things we tell ourselves to preserve our finely made worlds.
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