The au pair

Sobre el libro The au pair de Teddy Wayne publicado por Collins al 2026:

Named a ´Most-Anticipated Book´ by The New York Times and LitHubSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to high-powered banker Lucy is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children - and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.As a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he´s created - and the deeper insecurities that fuelled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?With propulsive momentum, sharp wit and sly, lucid prose, The Au Pair is a sleek literary thriller about failure, desire, and the unravelling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance - when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.* * * *Praise for The Au Pair:´The Au Pair is Teddy Wayne at his immensely readable best. The plot ratchets up in the creepiest, most chilling way while deliciously skewering the Brooklyn literary set. It´s a book you´ll tear through, one that leaves you guessing until the last page´ Maria Semple, author of Go Gentle´You may think you know where it´s going, this novel about a disappointed writer, his frosty wife, and a comely young nanny. You may be in for a surprise. Propulsive but also insightful - and funny, in its merciless skewering of midlife, marriage, and more - The Au Pair cements Teddy Wayne´s status as a master of the wicked little literary thriller´ Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind ´An ingenious dissection of marriage, masculinity, and privilege, propelled by a gimlet-eyed wit... A sly, unsettling hybrid of social satire and domestic thriller´ Kirkus Reviews (starred review)´A sharp domestic thriller... An intricate look at the perils of seeking admiration. Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down´ Publishers Weekly´Teddy Wayne has written a book about selling out that doesn´t-a guilty pleasure that earns its guilt. The Au Pair is a canny seduction wrapped in a page-turning thriller wrapped in an elegy for the literary novel: a threefold delight´ Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Homeland Elegies and The Radiance