Very Nice: A novel
Marcy Dermansky
Jul 2019 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Full Cast
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A brilliantly funny novel of money, sex, race, and bad behavior in the post-Obama era, featuring a wealthy Connecticut divorcée, her college-age daughter, and the famous novelist who is seduced by them both.
Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his silky hair, and the sad, beautiful life he laid bare on Twitter, she does, and the kiss is very nice. Zahid Azzam never planned to become a houseguest in his student's sprawling Connecticut home, but with the sparkling swimming pool, the endless supply of Whole Foods strawberries, and Rachel's beautiful mother, he does, and the home is very nice. Becca Klein never thought she'd have a love affair so soon after her divorce, but when her daughter's professor walks into her home, bringing with him an apricot standard poodle named Princess, she does, and the affair is...a very bad idea.
Zigzagging between the rarefied circles of Manhattan investment banking, the achingly self-serious MFA programs of the Midwest, and the private bedrooms of Connecticut, Very Nice is an audacious, addictive, and wickedly smart take on the way we live now.
Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Rachel, read by Emily Lawrence
Zahid, read by Vikas Adam
Becca, read by Cassandra Campbell
Khloe, read by January LaVoy
Jonathan, read by Johnathan McClain
Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his silky hair, and the sad, beautiful life he laid bare on Twitter, she does, and the kiss is very nice. Zahid Azzam never planned to become a houseguest in his student's sprawling Connecticut home, but with the sparkling swimming pool, the endless supply of Whole Foods strawberries, and Rachel's beautiful mother, he does, and the home is very nice. Becca Klein never thought she'd have a love affair so soon after her divorce, but when her daughter's professor walks into her home, bringing with him an apricot standard poodle named Princess, she does, and the affair is...a very bad idea.
Zigzagging between the rarefied circles of Manhattan investment banking, the achingly self-serious MFA programs of the Midwest, and the private bedrooms of Connecticut, Very Nice is an audacious, addictive, and wickedly smart take on the way we live now.
Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
Rachel, read by Emily Lawrence
Zahid, read by Vikas Adam
Becca, read by Cassandra Campbell
Khloe, read by January LaVoy
Jonathan, read by Johnathan McClain
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About the author
MARCY DERMANSKY is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Red Car (Best Book of the Year at Buzzfeed, San Francisco Chronicle, Flavorwire, and Huffington Post), Bad Marie (a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writer's Pick, finalist in the Morning News Tournament of Books, and named one of the best novels of the year in Esquire), and Twins. She has received fellowships from The MacDowell Colony and The Edward Albee Foundation. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her daughter.
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