{"product_id":"the-darlings-isbn-9780143122753","title":"The Darlings","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e for our times, by an author who “knows her way around 21st-century wealth and power” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSince he married Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to all the luxuries of Park Avenue. But a tragic event is about to catapult the Darling family into the middle of a massive financial investigation and a red-hot scandal. Suddenly, Paul must decide where his loyalties really lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebut novelist Cristina Alger is a former analyst at Goldman Sachs, an attorney, and the daughter of a Wall Street financier. Drawing on her unique insider's perspective, Alger gives us an irresistible glimpse into the highest echelons of New York society—and a fast-paced thriller of epic proportions that powerfully echoes Claire Messud's \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Children\u003c\/i\u003e and reads like a fictional \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Alger’s novel is a realist fiction that marks the revival of the finance novel today....Never before have stories seemed more important. It’s one of the virtues of Alger’s novel that it brings this point home to us—from finance, into fiction. And (hopefully) back.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Alger, who has worked at Goldman Sachs as well as at a white-shoe law firm, knows her way around 21st-century wealth and power, and she tells a suspenseful, twisty story.”—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “What happens to the Darling family in the course of a weekend is what carries this tale along, but it’s Alger’s description of quintessential New Yorkers, and how they survive, that adds the extra layer....Alger has what it takes, in the best sense of the phrase.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Forget Gossip Girl: If you really want a peek into the scandalous lives of New York City's elite upper class, Alger's debut novel—set during the financial downturn of 2008—gets you pretty close....\u003ci\u003eThe Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e moves so fast that it feels more like a thriller than a social drama.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Penned by a former banker, this is a dishy yet thoughtful portrait of greed gone too far...A page-turner.”—\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Two parts \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e, one part \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e, Alger’s debut is taut and compelling.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Probably the most compulsively readable fiction to come out of the Wall Street financial scandal so far....Alger knows the ins and outs of both Wall Street and an upscale NYC lifestyle, nailing all the details...Delicious reading.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A financial thriller with a tone that fits somewhere between the novels of Dominick Dunne...and Tom Wolfe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cristina Alger is so good, you just know she’s an inside trader—as intimately familiar with the inner workings of Wall Street investment banks as she is with haute Manhattan social life.  She’s also a gifted storyteller.  \u003ci\u003eThe Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly compelling novel, as knowing about family as it is about money and social status, and may be the best literary product of the financial crisis to date.”—Jay McInerney, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “For those who have only gazed up at the palatial residences of Manhattan, this is a glimpse from the penthouse down.”—Tom Rachman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Imperfectionists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cristina Alger’s debut novel offers a fresh and modern glimpse into New York’s high society.  I was hooked from page one.”—Lauren Weisberger, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLast Night at the Chateau Marmont\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A rare, glittering glimpse into Manhattan’s banks, bedrooms, and private clubs, a material and psychological world rendered with extraordinary detail.  A smart, gripping tale...complex and mesmerizing.”—Sarah Houghteling, author of \u003ci\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cristina Alger has written a racing, vivid, multi-vocal chronicle of the new gilded age, with equal shades of Jay McInerney and Bernie Madoff.  Start reading it and in three hundred pages or so you'll feel like a consummate New York insider, too.”—Charles Finch, author of \u003ci\u003eA Burial at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Alger \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eGirls Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Banker's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThis Was Not the Plan\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School, she worked as a financial analyst and a corporate attorney before becoming a writer. She lives in New York with her husband and children.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304739819749,"sku":"NP9780143122753","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122753.jpg?v=1767738935","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-darlings-isbn-9780143122753","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}