Book : Super Host - Russo, Kate

-Titulo Original : Super Host

-Fabricante :

G.P. Putnams Sons

-Descripcion Original:

A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart.Bennett Driscoll has had better days. A Turner Prize-nominated artist, Bennett was once a rising star. Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasnt sold a painting in two years, and his gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming theyll have more value retrospectively...when hes dead. So, left with a large West London home and no income, hes forced to move into his artists studio in the back garden and list his house on the popular vacation rental site, AirBed.A stranger in his own home, with his daughter, Mia, off at art school, and any new relationships fizzling out at best, Bennett has trouble finding purpose in his day-to-day. That all changes when three different guests-lonely American Alicia; tortured artist Emma; and cautiously optimistic divorcee Kirstie-unwittingly unlock the pieces of himself that have been lost to him for too long. Review One of:The New York Times Book Reviews 13 New Books to Watch For in FebruaryEntertainment Weeklys Best New Books to Read in February Boston Magazines 42 Books to Help You Get Through the Rest of Quarantine Lit Hubs Most Anticipated Books of 2021PureWows 9 Books We Cant Wait to Read in February “Russo’s clever debut evokes a time when travel wasn’t so fraught and strangers could get close enough to learn something about themselves.” -The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Brimming with...pure affection. -The New York Times Book Review “Here’s that rare thing: a wise, literary novel that is also funny as hell...the perfect antidote to this time of being shut in at home. Super Host gives me hope for the future, when we can all open our doors, and our hearts, once more.” -Jennifer Finney Boylan, Buzzfeed“The Airbnb-novel genre grows with this highly readable story.” -Entertainment Weekly [Russo] is a visual artist herself, and she handles Bennetts relationship problems and his artistic resurgence confidently, with wit, wisdom and humor. -Minneapolis Star Tribune [A] candid and captivating portrait of middle age...[and] what it truly means to take a new chance at life. -PureWow“Get ready to smile….[A] sweet story and the perfect antidote to the chaos that’s been 2021.” -the SkimmA droll and endearing debut novel…Impeccably dry-witted dialogue and a twinkling, upscale urban backdrop against which sympathetic characters ache for a connection. -Portland Press Herald“Funny, sharp, and artistic…A wonderful book flanked with irony, perversity, Rear Window voyeurism, and women who understand the task of reinvention, Super Host is a case study of what we talk about when we talk about success.” -Lit Hub“[A] witty, enjoyable debut…Russo is a formidable talent, and readers will be eager to see what she does next.” -Publishers Weekly“Kate Russo’s novel hasn’t yet been compared to Eleanor [Oliphant Is Completely Fine], but it should be. The character at its heart…is the perfect blend of impossible and beloved, and the story is handled with a mix of wise humor and compassion.” -BookPage “A painter herself, Russo makes the act of creating art come alive, while effectively limning her characters in this incisive study of contemporary life.” -Library Journal “In Russo’s charming and poignant debut…the author writes with warm sympathy and humor. A treat for fans of Nick Hornby and Tom Perrotta.” -Kirkus Reviews “[A] pleasantly quirky debut…Bennett is a comfortable character to get to know, as is the London through which he ambles.” -Booklist Smart, enjoyable, clever but earnest contemporary comic novel about a likeable, seemingly hapless - but resourceful as it turns out - failing artist who sublets his quite apartment to fairly well off nuisances.” -Shawangunk JournalSuper Host isnt just a charming, compulsively readable, romantically suspenseful novel about a lonely man who