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'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The Times Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories.
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The Altruists, Andrew Ridker
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Altruists
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Andrew Ridker
- Publisher
- Random House UK Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1784707546
- ISBN13
- 9781784707545
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Family relationships, Sagas, Family Sagas, Heritage, Dark Humor
- First published
- 2019
- Original title
- The Altruists
- Rating
- 3.15 out of 5
- Description
- 'Reading Andrew Ridker's debut novel, you soon realise you're in the presence of a new talent.' The Times Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can't afford his mortgage, he's exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won't speak to him. And then there's the money - the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to his children. Those children are Ethan, an anxious recluse living off his mother's money on a choice plot of Brooklyn real estate; and Maggie, a would-be do-gooder trying to fashion herself a noble life of self-imposed poverty. On the verge of losing the family home, Arthur invites his children back to St. Louis under the guise of a reconciliation. But in doing so, he unwittingly unleashes a Pandora's Box of age-old resentments and long-buried memories.