{"product_id":"the-au-pair","title":"The Au Pair","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\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and BOOK EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER - A LIT HUB, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK POST\u003c\/i\u003e, AND ZIBBY BOOKS MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK - A KIRKUS BEST BOOK TO READ - A \u003ci\u003eSEATTLE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eSUMMER DEBUT - A ZOOMER MUST-READ BOOK -A \u003ci\u003eTOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE BOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER - A \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/i\u003e \"COOLEST BOOK FOR THE HOTTEST MONTHS\" - A JORDY'S BOOK CLUB MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ * A \u003ci\u003eMEN'S JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e \"GREAT BEACH READS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AWESOME\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This compulsive thriller gleefully and skillfully skewers both stereotypical tropes and the contemporary publishing landscape.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] tightly constructed, endlessly exhilarating thriller.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An ingenious dissection of marriage, masculinity, and privilege, propelled by a gimlet-eyed wit....A sly, unsettling hybrid of social satire and domestic thriller.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review and editor's pick)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wayne delivers a sharp domestic thriller...an intricate look at the perils of seeking admiration. Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The reigning king of taut literary novels...Wayne knows how to write about men in a way that few modern writers are capable of pulling off...this is one you won't be able to put down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I could not put it down. I raced through it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Teddy Wayne has written a book about selling out that doesn't--a guilty pleasure that earns its guilt. \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is a canny seduction wrapped in a page-turning thriller wrapped in an elegy for the literary novel: a threefold delight.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAyad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Homeland Elegies and The Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You may think you know where it's going, this novel about a disappointed writer, his frosty wife, and a comely young nanny. You may be in for a surprise. Propulsive but also insightful--and funny, in its merciless skewering of midlife, marriage, and more--\u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e cements Teddy Wayne's status as a master of the wicked little literary thriller.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind and Entitlement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is Teddy Wayne at his immensely readable best. The plot ratchets up in the creepiest, most chilling way while deliciously skewering the Brooklyn literary set. It's a book you'll tear through, one that leaves you guessing until the last page.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette? and Go Gentle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I tore through \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e in a single day, and lamented only that it wasn't twice as long. I hunger for literary thrillers with clean, lovely sentences that are also generous with the goods: narrative \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eerotic tension, plot twists, and a sly sense of humor about their characters. Teddy Wayne delivered, yet again, on all counts.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Febos, bestselling author of Girlhood and The Dry Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wayne is not upending noir so much as paying a sneaky contemporary homage. You'll toss it across the room in maddening disbelief, then quickly pick it up and keep reading.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A suspenseful mystery with both expected and unexpected plot twists. . . With his descriptive skill and insightful humor, Wayne elevates a potentially stereotypical setup into an examination of ego, professional disappointment, and self-delusion.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A slow-burn, messy look at modern marriage...One can't look away.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Subtly subversive, thoroughly enjoyable.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nervewrackingly fun.\"--Vogue, Best Books of the Year So Far\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Zibby Books most-anticipated\/summer books pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation \u003ci\u003eThe Winner\u003c\/i\u003e--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Thriller of the Year--with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to a high-powered woman is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children--and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he's created--and the deeper insecurities that fueled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith inexorable momentum and sly, lucid prose, Teddy Wayne's \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is a sleek literary thriller about desire, deception, and the unraveling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance--when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.\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\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/16\/2026 (EAN 9780063457232, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/10\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9780063457232, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063457232, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780063457232, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWayne, Teddy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeddy Wayne \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of seven novels and a winner of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship as well as a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN\/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. 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