he first line of Long Island Compromise sets the tone: “Do you want to hear a story with a terrible ending?” A self-aware narrator commands our attention. It’s an instant connection, which shouldn’t be a surprise because this is New York Times journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner, whose intelligent and supremely engaging debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, was an international hit and became a Disney+ TV series. Second books can be fatal, of course, and clearly Brodesser-Akner has decided to go big with a novel about that
Money troubles
Jul 19, 2024
3 minutes
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