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Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
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0593798848
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Gorgeous Excitement : a Novel
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368 Pages
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English
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Psychological, Coming of Age, Literary
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2025
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Fiction
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Reviews
"The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker "Dazzling." -- Oprah Daily " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "I love this novel, from its gripping first sentence to its chilling last, and the relentless drumbeat of menace in between, capturing all of the things that were thrilling and wonderful and scary and horrible about growing up in New York City in the mid-'80s, which are all the same things that teenagers go through everywhere, in every era, just more of it." --Chris Pavone, author of The Doorman "Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age "Delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker "Dazzling . . . Weiner evokes the frisson of flirtation (and possibly more) with strangers and the dangers of being young, female, and caught in a crowd unaccustomed to suffering the consequences of their actions." -- Oprah Daily "[A] compulsively readable thriller centered around a young woman trying to stay alive in drug-fueled 1986 Manhattan." --The Film Stage " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age "Delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity--but when she starts getting close to a handsome, preppy regular at the local dive bar, things begin to look up. Or do they?" -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Drawing on her own teen years and the notorious Preppy Killer of a young woman in Central Park . . . Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A mesmerizing story--both very much of its time and also timeless--of the young inhabitants of the (mostly) wealthy Upper East Side of NYC in the coked-up 1980s. A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself. Read it on a bench in Central Park, but only before night falls." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " A coming-of-age story with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, A Gorgeous Excitement plunges us into 1980s New York City in all its seedy glory. Cynthia Weiner's novel is a pitch-perfect evocation of a bygone era. I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic. But the real star of the book for me is the finely drawn world of pre-Giuliani New York, seedy Times Square and all, whose rampant misogyny and racism still feel brutally relevant." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "A mesmerizing story--both very much of its time and also timeless--of the young inhabitants of the (mostly) wealthy Upper East Side of NYC in the coked-up 1980s. A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself. Read it on a bench in Central Park, but only before night falls." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " A coming-of-age story with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, A Gorgeous Excitement plunges us into 1980s New York City in all its seedy glory. Cynthia Weiner's novel is a pitch-perfect evocation of a bygone era. I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street, "I haven't felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the '80s since I first discovered Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz, and Brett Easton Ellis. From the breathtaking prose to the thrilling glimpse of NYC circa 1986, Cynthia Weiner's outstanding debut invites us into the introspective yet colorful and reckless world of 18-year-old Nina Jacobs as she navigates insecurity, obsession, and perilous social dynamics. A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A mesmerizing story--both very much of its time and also timeless--of the young inhabitants of the (mostly) wealthy Upper East Side of NYC in the coked-up 1980s. A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself. Read it on a bench in Central Park, but only before night falls." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " A coming-of-age story with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, A Gorgeous Excitement plunges us into 1980s New York City in all its seedy glory. Cynthia Weiner's novel is a pitch-perfect evocation of a bygone era. I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic. But the real star of the book for me is the finely drawn world of pre-Giuliani New York, seedy Times Square and all, whose rampant misogyny and racism feel both dated and brutally relevant." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker "Dazzling . . . Weiner evokes the frisson of flirtation (and possibly more) with strangers and the dangers of being young, female, and caught in a crowd unaccustomed to suffering the consequences of their actions." -- Oprah Daily " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age "Delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker "Dazzling." -- Oprah Daily " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "I love this novel, from its gripping first sentence to its chilling last, and the relentless drumbeat of menace in between, capturing everything that was thrilling and wonderful and scary and horrible about growing up in New York City in the mid-80s, which are all the same things that teenagers go through everywhere, in every era, just more of it." --Chris Pavone, author of The Doorman "Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age "Delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "I haven't felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the '80s since I first discovered Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz, and Bret Easton Ellis. From the breathtaking prose to the thrilling glimpse of NYC circa 1986, Cynthia Weiner's outstanding debut invites us into the introspective yet colorful and reckless world of 18-year-old Nina Jacobs as she navigates insecurity, obsession, and perilous social dynamics. A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A mesmerizing story--both very much of its time and also timeless--of the young inhabitants of the (mostly) wealthy Upper East Side of NYC in the coked-up 1980s. A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself. Read it on a bench in Central Park, but only before night falls." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " A coming-of-age story with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, A Gorgeous Excitement plunges us into 1980s New York City in all its seedy glory. Cynthia Weiner's novel is a pitch-perfect evocation of a bygone era. I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic. But the real star of the book for me is the finely drawn world of pre-Giuliani New York, seedy Times Square and all, whose rampant misogyny and racism still feel brutally relevant." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker " A Gorgeous Excitement is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Dazzling . . . Weiner evokes the frisson of flirtation (and possibly more) with strangers and the dangers of being young, female, and caught in a crowd unaccustomed to suffering the consequences of their actions." -- Oprah Daily "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age "Delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "Terrific debut . . . With the strong young characters and the skin-crawling atmosphere created by creepy men, crimes in the news, porn shops, and overheated adolescent sexuality, the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reivew , starred review "I haven't felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the '80s since I first discovered Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz, and Bret Easton Ellis. From the breathtaking prose to the thrilling glimpse of NYC circa 1986, Cynthia Weiner's outstanding debut invites us into the introspective yet colorful and reckless world of 18-year-old Nina Jacobs as she navigates insecurity, obsession, and perilous social dynamics. A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A mesmerizing story--both very much of its time and also timeless--of the young inhabitants of the (mostly) wealthy Upper East Side of NYC in the coked-up 1980s. A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself. Read it on a bench in Central Park, but only before night falls." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " A coming-of-age story with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot, A Gorgeous Excitement plunges us into 1980s New York City in all its seedy glory. Cynthia Weiner's novel is a pitch-perfect evocation of a bygone era. I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic. But the real star of the book for me is the finely drawn world of pre-Giuliani New York, seedy Times Square and all, whose rampant misogyny and racism still feel brutally relevant." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity--but when she starts getting close to a handsome, preppy regular at the local dive bar, things begin to look up. Or do they?" -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Drawing on her own teen years and the notorious Preppy Killer of a young woman in Central Park . . . Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity--but when she starts getting close to a handsome, preppy regular at the local dive bar, things begin to look up. Or do they?" -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Drawing on her own teen years and the notorious Preppy Killer of a young woman in Central Park . . . Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts, "The title of this assured début novel is taken from Freud's description of cocaine's effects. That drug, combined with prescription medications, sex, and alcohol, fuels the narrative, which is closely modelled on the real-life death of a Manhattan teen-ager in 1986--the so-called Preppy Murder case." -- The New Yorker " A Gorgeous Excitement , is a thrilling coming-of-age narrative set in 1980s Manhattan, featuring twists of humor, vulnerability and, of course , excitement . . . brimming with beautiful prose and suspense." -- Shelf Awareness "Informed by the author's real-life acquaintance with 'Preppy Killer' Robert Chambers, this 1980s coming-of-age tale is chillingly compelling." -- People "Lush and thrilling." -- Publishers Weekly "This novel is my shit. . . . I knew I needed to read Cynthia Weiner's novel the minute it was announced." -- Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review "Cynthia Weiner condemns the callous attitudes and conspicuous consumption of an entire strata of society ready to believe the worst of an outsider while refusing to see the truth of one of their own." --Crime Reads "On the Upper East Side in the 1980s, Nina Jacobs is desperate to fit in. Throughout this absorbing, astute novel, she endures painful parenting, scurrilous gossip, and regular old teenage indignity." -- Town & Country "Terrific debut . . . the book recalls another excellent true crime-inspired novel, Emma Cline's The Girls. Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city's beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families." --Booklist "A vivid snapshot of a bygone era and evocative coming-of-age story, A Gorgeous Excitement lives up to its title." --Margarita Montimore, national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order "A gripping, juicy, fascinating glimpse into a rarified world of a realm by now transformed." --Tama Janowitz, author of Slaves of New York and A Certain Age " A Gorgeous Excitement is the rarest blend of charm and suspense, at once delightful and terrifying, an expertly written non-coming of age that also serves as cautionary tale, as quintessentially haunting as New York City itself." --Elisa Albert, author of After Birth and Human Blues " I read this brilliant debut with my heart in my throat." --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year "A Gorgeous Excitement is at turns both gorgeous and exciting. Cynthia Weiner offers a delicious response to Bright Lights, Big City, capturing vividly what it was like for a young woman in the louchely glamourous, cocaine-fueled, privileged white Manhattan of the 1980s." --Susan Jane Gilman, New York Times bestselling author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street " A Gorgeous Excitement is a propulsive read filled with vivid characters and a uniquely hilarious, if impossibly sad, mother-daughter dynamic." --Holly Brickley, author of the forthcoming Deep Cuts
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23/eng/20231113
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813/.6
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A dazzling debut novel set in 1980s New York, when cocaine is as easy to get as ice cream, about one young woman's summer of infinite possibility--and looming danger., One young woman's summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in "this 1980s coming-of-age tale [that's] chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported."-- People (Best Books of the Month) AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NEW THRILLER - A TOWN & COUNTRY AND CRIMEREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK "I haven't felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the '80s since I first discovered Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz, and Bret Easton Ellis."--Margarita Montimore, bestselling author of Oona Out of Order There are two things Nina Jacobs is determined to do over the summer of 1986: avoid her mother's depression-fueled rages, and lose her virginity before she starts college in the fall. Both are seemingly impossible -- when her mother isn't lying in bed for days, she's lashing out at Nina over any perceived slight. And after a blowjob gone spectacularly wrong, Nina is the talk of Flanagan's, the Upper East Side bar where young Manhattan society congregates. It doesn't help that she's Jewish, an outsider among the blue-eyed blondes who populate this rarified world. She can fit in, kind of, with enough alcohol and prescription drugs stolen from her parents' medicine cabinet. Flanagan's is where she pines for the handsome, preppy, and charismatic Gardner Reed. Every girl wants to sleep with him and every guy wants to be him. After she's introduced to cocaine, Nina plunges headlong into her pursuit of Gardner, oblivious to the warning signs. When a new medication seemingly frees her mother from darkness, and Nina and Gardner grow closer, it seems like Nina might finally get what she wants. But at what cost? Freud called cocaine "a gorgeous excitement," but a gorgeous excitement for the wrong guy can be lethal., One young woman's summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in "this 1980s coming-of-age tale that's chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported."- People (Best Books of the Month) AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NEW THRILLER . A TOWN & COUNTRY AND CRIMEREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK "I haven't felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the '80s since I first discovered Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz, and Bret Easton Ellis."-Margarita Montimore, bestselling author of Oona Out of Order There are two things Nina Jacobs is determined to do over the summer of 1986- avoid her mother's depression-fueled rages, and lose her virginity before she starts college in the fall. Both are seemingly impossible - when her mother isn't lying in bed for days, she's lashing out at Nina over any perceived slight. And after a blowjob gone spectacularly wrong, Nina is the talk of Flanagan's, the Upper East Side bar where young Manhattan society congregates. It doesn't help that she's Jewish, an outsider among the blue-eyed blondes who populate this rarified world. She can fit in, kind of, with enough alcohol and prescription drugs stolen from her parents' medicine cabinet. Flanagan's is where she pines for the handsome, preppy, and charismatic Gardner Reed. Every girl wants to sleep with him and every guy wants to be him. After she's introduced to cocaine, Nina plunges headlong into her pursuit of Gardner, oblivious to the warning signs. When a new medication seemingly frees her mother from darkness, and Nina and Gardner grow closer, it seems like Nina might finally get what she wants. But at what cost? Freud called cocaine "a gorgeous excitement," but a gorgeous excitement for the wrong guy can be lethal.
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PS3623.E432434G67
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