Nathaniel Piven is a rising star in Brooklyn's literary scene. After several lean, striving years and an early life as a class-A nerd, he now (to his surprise) has a lucrative book deal, his pick of plum magazine assignments, and the attentions of many desirable women: Juliet, the hotshot business j[...]

Bold, touching, and funny--a debut novel by a brilliant young woman about the coming-of-age of a brilliant young literary man"He was not the kind of guy who disappeared after sleeping with a woman--and certainly not after the condom broke. On the contrary: Nathaniel Piven was a product of a postfemi[...]