A bestselling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way�and not�in New York City.

There is beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite�an �It� girl finishing her first book; the daughter of Murray Thwaite, celebrated intellectual and journalist�and her two closest friends from Brown, Danielle, a quietly appealing television producer, and Julius, a cash-strapped freelance critic. The delicious complications that arise among them become dangerous when Murray�s nephew, Frederick �Bootie� Tubb, an idealistic college dropout determined to make his mark, comes to town. As the skies darken, it is Bootie�s unexpected decisions�and their stunning, heartbreaking outcome�that will change each of their lives forever.

A richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune�of innocence and...