Taffy Brodesser-Akner ("Fleishman is in trouble") presents her new book
An epic family history that rivals classics like The Corrections and Middlesex." Los Angeles Times
1980 in affluent Long Island: Carl Fletcher is kidnapped in front of his house. Shortly afterwards, after paying a lavish ransom, he is released and the family tries to put the incident behind them. But when they meet again forty years later at a party, it becomes clear that the long-ago kidnapping has left unexpected traces - not just on Carl, but on the whole family. And these effects are sometimes disturbing and sometimes extremely amusing! A great Jewish-American family story, spanning decades, which already reads like a classic: linguistically virtuoso, finely observed and very, very funny.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes for the New York Times Magazine and is the author of the international bestseller Fleishman is in Trouble (2020). She also wrote the screenplay for the series of the same name and was a producer. The Fletchers of Long Island is her second novel.
"The Fletchers of Long Island" will be published by Eichborn Verlag on February 28, 2025, 576 pages