{"product_id":"last-night-in-brooklyn","title":"Last Night in Brooklyn","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eXochitl Gonzalez\u003c\/b\u003e is the \n\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the award-winning novel \n\u003ci\u003eOlga Dies \u003c\/i\u003eDreaming and the Reese's Book Club Pick \n\u003ci\u003e Anita de Monte Laughs Last\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributor to \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, where she was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor's secret past, laying bare the mounting tensions at play in a rapidly gentrifying, early 2000's Fort Greene, Brooklyn. SPRING, 2007 At twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She's in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother's beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, she finds herself lured by the siren song of youth and possibility that the striving crowd of creatives holds, and moves in. No one embodies this more than La Garza, a larger-than-life, up-and-coming fashion designer whose epic house parties fuel neighborhood lore. La Garza's life, observed by Alicia from her apartment across the street, seems to hold the allure and fearlessness Alicia has never dared to imagine for herself. But when Alicia's wealthy banker cousin moves to the neighborhood, she finds herself increasingly drawn into both his and La Garza's precarious lives. Against the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, Last Night in Brooklyn explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of color living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. It is a story about everything money can buy-and the destruction of what it can't\"-- Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e Last Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Brooklyn story I've been waiting for, replete with all the glamor, stakes, and capital D drama of a modern \n\u003ci\u003eGreat Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e. No one writes about ambition, money, class, and the cost of survival in a world driven by profit over people quite like Gonzalez. Equally, no one captures joy, community, and the sweetness of belonging like her either. Thrillingly alive and electrically entertaining from start to finish, \n\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Coco Mellors, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Blue Sisters \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Xochitl's Gonzalez's pages are packed full of the splendor and vertigo of split identities and divided allegiances, which marks her and her book as Brooklyn to the bone. A student of urban betrayal and communal memory, she not only knows where the bodies are buried, she knows how to make them get up and dance again.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Lethem, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Different Kind of Tension \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It is a treat to read Xochitl Gonzalez, who writes with intimacy, immediacy, and singular charm that seizes you from the first page and never lets go. \n\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning achievement: \n\u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e reimagined for Black and brown Brooklyn, elegantly evocative and chattily profound. It is at once an exploration into the cost of ambition, a loving portrait of the people and places we are always on the verge of losing, and a fitting elegy for what is already gone.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Rachel Khong, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReal Americans\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Xochitl Gonzalez invites us into a world of fame and fashion, money and power, ambition and jealousy, love and heartbreak, all set against the backdrop of a Brooklyn rendered with aching beauty and shimmering detail. A thrilling portrait of a city, a country, and a group of friends all teetering at the edge of seismic transformation. \n\u003cb\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e--Nathan Hill, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWellness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nix\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"[Gonzalez's] bracing point of view animates a propulsive storyline strung with memorable characters...Brilliant party scenes, tart dialogue, and dramatic plot developments further enrich this gripping work, another step forward for the talented Gonzalez. Smart, tough-minded, and passionate: a pleasure from start to finish.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a fantastic meditation on a very particular moment in Brooklyn history\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Julia Rittenberg, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Xochitl Gonzalez really knows how to render time and place, and this novel takes you back to Brooklyn in 2007 on the verge of massive change. It promises a story of class and gentrification and imagining different lives, and also a story about being a person who knows people in a way that feels valuable.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLithub \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This novel challenges the life that money can buy and the compromises of fiscal assimilation for people of color chasing the 'American Dream.'\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectric Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Part love letter to New York's Black and Latinx communities, part historical record of Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood pre-gentrification, Gonzalez follows up on her \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e- bestselling book \n\u003ci\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e with a novel that is both witty and deeply sincere.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e is a bittersweet fever dream of a novel -- a sticky summer something that sits somewhere between a telenovela and \n\u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e. For 26-year-old Brooklyn native Alicia Canales Forten, observing the life of her glamorous and enigmatic...Xochitl Gonzalez's prose is warm enough to seduce but cool enough to rip it all away -- lest any of us gets too comfortable looking into the proverbial neighbor's window. A truly gorgeous read!\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Ivy Buck, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e is an immersive story about standing at the edge of your life and realizing how quickly the ground can move under you.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Apple Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"With fascinating characters, rapid-fire dialogue, poignant backstories, sexy and dangerous relationships, excruciating and sardonically funny situations, sharp psychological and social insights, vibrant descriptions, abrupt shifts, showdowns, and revelations, this is an all-the-way-live novel of dreams, anguish, vengeance, and liberation.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Gonzalez's latest novel brings the enclave of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to brilliant light. The author of \n\u003ci\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003e Anita de Monte Laughs Last \u003c\/i\u003eis a master at shaping distinct characters that leave an indelible impression on each other and themselves. Exploring potential, obligation, and living out your wildest dreams, this is literary fiction at its most evocative.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Harper's Bazaar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSince her bestselling debut \n\u003ci\u003e Olga Dies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, Gonzalez has established herself as one of our sharpest chroniclers of ambition, class, and the hidden costs of \"making it.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A vibrant coming-of-age story set in Brooklyn in 2007, this novel follows Alicia Canales Forten and her obsession with her alluring neighbor, La Garza. Gonzalez captures the energy of a neighborhood shaped by gentrification and a nation on the brink of financial ruin.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor's secret past, laying bare the mounting tensions at play in a rapidly gentrifying, early 2000's Fort Greene, Brooklyn.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNerd Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BEST SELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOPRAH DAILY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePEOPLE, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e ELECTRIC LIT, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR, VULTURE, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, \u003c\/i\u003eAND MORE!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ebestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor's secret past\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSPRING, 2007 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She's in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother's beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, she finds herself lured by the siren song of youth and possibility that the striving crowd of creatives holds, and moves in. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one embodies this milieu more than La Garza, a larger-than-life, up-and-coming fashion designer whose epic house parties fuel neighborhood lore. La Garza's life, observed by Alicia from her apartment across the street, seems to hold the allure and fearlessness Alicia has never dared to imagine for herself. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Alicia's wealthy banker cousin moves to the neighborhood, she finds herself increasingly drawn into both his and La Garza's precarious lives. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, \n\u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of color living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. It is a story about everything money can buy--and the destruction of what it can't. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250372031, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250372031, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 52 (EAN 9781250372031, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eGonzalez, Xochitl\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eXochitl Gonzalez\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributor to The \n\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, where she was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. 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