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Agnes Lives!
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A day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.
New York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazine editor with a special cutlery set; an eccentric designer from her past; and Agnes's cruel novelist boyfriend. As she Ubers from Upper East Side shopping to Craigslist gun deals, Agnes' desperation becomes an exhibition, a swan song of millennial sexuality as internalized abuse and consummate style, with the knob righty-tightened all the way.
Newton's prose is disturbingly fun, relentless, shattering. A crafted study of existential despair that culminates in a worthy, intense denouement.
New York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazine editor with a special cutlery set; an eccentric designer from her past; and Agnes's cruel novelist boyfriend. As she Ubers from Upper East Side shopping to Craigslist gun deals, Agnes' desperation becomes an exhibition, a swan song of millennial sexuality as internalized abuse and consummate style, with the knob righty-tightened all the way.
Newton's prose is disturbingly fun, relentless, shattering. A crafted study of existential despair that culminates in a worthy, intense denouement.
"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving." --Joyce Carol Oates
"A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell Zink
"A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell Zink
- ISBN:
- 9781639738564
- Publication Date:
- 2026-06-23
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 239
- Size:
- 8.5" l x 5.75" w x 1.0" h
Info
- Fiction
Category
- Literary
- Humor and Satire
- Women's Fiction
Subject