{"product_id":"the-au-pair-teddy-wayne","title":"The Au Pair (Teddy Wayne)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Is anything more dangerous than a fragile male ego?\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nervewrackingly fun.\"-Vogue, Best Books of the Year So Far\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Zibby Books most-anticipated\/summer books pick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation \u003ci\u003eThe Winner\u003c\/i\u003e-a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Thriller of the Year-with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to a high-powered woman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 fueled 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith inexorable momentum and sly, lucid prose, Teddy Wayne's \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is a sleek literary thriller about desire, deception, and the unraveling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance-when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeddy Wayne \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of seven novels and a winner of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship as well as a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN\/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003eand a former columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, he has taught at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65746161336669,"sku":"K098607144","price":22.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9860714400001A.jpg?v=1788133697","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-au-pair-teddy-wayne","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}