The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
"Sequels are notoriously tricky. Even the characters in The Sequel acknowledge it. "They're never as good as the first book, are they?"... Well, this one is. By shifting the focus to Anna, Korelitz gives the novel what many sequels lack: a sense of newness. While the story grows more intricate, she remains in control. Her plot ― ha! ― is propulsive, her prose precise."
―The New York Times
Product Details
Price
$29.00
$26.97
Publisher
Celadon Books
Publish Date
October 01, 2024
Pages
304
Dimensions
6.57 X 9.48 X 1.05 inches | 1.06 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781250875471
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About the Author
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Plot and The Latecomer (both of which are being adapted as limited series), You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), Admission (adapted as a film starring Tina Fey), The Devil and Webster, The White Rose, The Sabbathday River and A Jury of Her Peers, as well as Interference Powder, a novel for children. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts Pop-Up Book Groups in which small groups of readers discuss new books with their authors. She lives in New York City with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon.
Reviews
"Sequels are notoriously tricky. Even the characters in The Sequel acknowledge it. "They're never as good as the first book, are they?"... Well, this one is. By shifting the focus to Anna, Korelitz gives the novel what many sequels lack: a sense of newness. While the story grows more intricate, she remains in control. Her plot -- ha! -- is propulsive, her prose precise."
--The New York Times
--The New Yorker "Like Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley or Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost, Anna is a heinous devil who may shock and offend, but never bores."
--The Washington Post "Ms. Korelitz's book, mixing dark wit with coldblooded suspense, provides an unforgettable tour through the life and mind of a homicidal protagonist."
--The Wall Street Journal "This follow-up to The Plot finds Anna Williams-Bonner basking in literary acclaim (and moola from her murdered husband's estate) -- until pesky excerpts from a manuscript resurface and put questions of authorship, and the publishing world's values, under the microscope."
--The New York Times Book Review, 21 Books to Read in October "Korelitz fans will eat up this satirical, bookish suspense."
--PEOPLE Magazine "Through the narration of this unforgettable antiheroine, a deliciously nasty storyteller, Korelitz delivers a ripping good read."
--Esquire, Best Books of 2024 "Wicked entertainment."
--Kirkus, STARRED "It's another taut and compulsively readable spellbinder from Korelitz."
--Publishers Weekly, STARRED "This book will fly off the shelves."
--Library Journal "Fans of Korelitz's literary thriller The Plot will (manuscript theft! identity theft! murder most foul! soup!) get excited for the sequel: The Sequel, in which a certain author's widow decides to write her own book--and discovers that she's not the only one who knows a few secrets after all. Fun."
--LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2024
"[A] hilariously snippy and deliciously mean satire of the publishing world in addition to a nail-biting suspense novel."
--BookPage, STARRED "[A] compelling and worthy sequel, another rip-roaring thriller full of very amusing scenes of delusional writers and their awful prose and many twists and turns."
--Booklist "[A] page-turner for sure and a worthy follow up (sequel!) to the author's fantastic thriller The Plot."
--AARP "Chilling, creatively woven."
--Woman's World Magazine
