The bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story returns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant novel very much of our times.

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND MAUREEN CORRIGAN, NPR’S FRESH AIR AND NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Mother Jones • Glamour • Library Journal • Kirkus Reviews • Newsday • Pamela Paul, KQED • Financial Times • The Globe and Mail

Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge-fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son’s diagnosis of autism, he flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college sweetheart. Meanwhile, his super-smart wife, Seema—a driven first-generation American who craved the picture-perfect life that comes with wealth—has her own demons to face. How these two flawed characters navigate the Shteyngartian chaos of their own making is at the heart of this piercing exploration of the 0.1 Percent, a poignant tale of familial longing and an unsentimental ode to what really makes America great.


《超級悲傷的真實愛情故事》(Super Sad True Love Story) 的暢銷書作者又回歸帶來一部嘲諷、精彩、情感共鳴的小說。

被《舊金山紀事報》 (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) 和評論家莫琳·柯瑞根 (Maureen Corrigan) 評為年度最佳書籍之一，美國國家公共電台 (NPR) 稱讚為清流，並被《紐約時報書評》(The New York Times Book Review) 及其他報章雜誌或媒體評為年度最佳書籍之一: 美國國家公共電台 (NPR)；《華盛頓郵報》(The Washington Post)；《O，奧普拉雜誌》；《瓊斯母親》(Mother Jones)；《Glamour》(魅力)；《圖書館雜誌》 (Library Journal)；《科克斯書評》 (Kirkus Reviews)；《新聞日報》 (Newsday)；北加州公共廣播電視 (KQED) 的帕梅拉·保羅 (Pamela Paul)；《金融時報》 (Financial Times)；《環球郵報》(The Globe and Mail)

對沖基金經理巴里·科恩（Barry Cohen）負責監管24億美元資產。他自戀、自欺欺人、脫離現實。受到美國證券交易委員會（SEC）調查和他三歲兒子自閉症診斷的雙重壓力，他搭乘一輛灰狗巴士逃離紐約，尋找與他的大學舊情人過更簡單、浪漫的生活。與此同時，他的超級聰穎的妻子西瑪 (Seema) 是一個渴望擁有財富的完美生活的第一代美國人，有她自己要面對的心魔。這兩個有缺陷的角色如何駕馭作者在書中造成的混亂，是這個極其少數敏銳探索的核心，是一個對家庭渴望的痛苦故事，也是對真正使美國變得偉大的那些因素的無情頌歌。

（譯者/劉世明）