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Cult Classic: A Novel
Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance.
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of 2022 by Glamour, W, Nylon, Fortune, Lit Hub, The Millions, TIME and more!
One night in New York City's Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Soon nothing is quite what it seems as the city becomes awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past.
What would normally pass for coincidence becomes something far stranger as our heroine, the recently engaged Lola, must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship but the fact that both her best friend and her former boss, a magazine editor turned mystical guru, might have an unhealthy investment in the outcome. Memories of the past swirl and converge in ways both comic and eerie, as Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspiring of one very contemporary cult.
Is it possible to have a happy ending in an age when the past is ever at your fingertips and sanity is for sale? With her gimlet eye, Sloane Crosley spins a wry literary fantasy that is equal parts page-turner and poignant portrayal of alienation.
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of 2022 by Glamour, W, Nylon, Fortune, Lit Hub, The Millions, TIME and more!
One night in New York City's Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Soon nothing is quite what it seems as the city becomes awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past.
What would normally pass for coincidence becomes something far stranger as our heroine, the recently engaged Lola, must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship but the fact that both her best friend and her former boss, a magazine editor turned mystical guru, might have an unhealthy investment in the outcome. Memories of the past swirl and converge in ways both comic and eerie, as Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspiring of one very contemporary cult.
Is it possible to have a happy ending in an age when the past is ever at your fingertips and sanity is for sale? With her gimlet eye, Sloane Crosley spins a wry literary fantasy that is equal parts page-turner and poignant portrayal of alienation.
Editorial Reviews
"...a suspenseful and funny book about finding love in a cultish place." -Entertainment Weekly
"A witty and fantastical story of dating and experimental psychology in New York City...thoroughly hilarious [and] sharply perceptive...Crosley has found the perfect fictional subject for her gimlet eye." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Crosley has created the ideal protagonist/narrator for navigating this low-key-SF but very real world...The story is plenty engaging, but it's Crosley's analytical acumen and gift for the striking metaphor that really gives the book life. Thoughtfully and humanely acerbic." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Like your favorite rom-com meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . . . Crosley casts a spell with lightning wit, devilish dialogue, and walloping truths about how little reason there is to anything resembling love." -Booklist (starred review)
"While Cult Classic is a meditation on love, albeit one that is filtered through fantasy and satire, it offers a refreshingly realistic, non precious attitude toward modern romance...The novel is far less concerned with Lola's happy ending than it is with her coming to terms with her hang-ups about love, commitment, and vulnerability." -TIME
"One of the funniest writers in the business... the pleasure is as much in Crosley's sharp, chatty style as it is in the narrative arc." -Bloomberg
"Anyone who's been captivated by Sloane Crosley's essays will recognize a similar puckish sense of humor undergirding this novel, a Cultish-meets-Christmas Carol-like exploration of what it's like to confront your past (that is, if E...
"A witty and fantastical story of dating and experimental psychology in New York City...thoroughly hilarious [and] sharply perceptive...Crosley has found the perfect fictional subject for her gimlet eye." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Crosley has created the ideal protagonist/narrator for navigating this low-key-SF but very real world...The story is plenty engaging, but it's Crosley's analytical acumen and gift for the striking metaphor that really gives the book life. Thoughtfully and humanely acerbic." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Like your favorite rom-com meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . . . Crosley casts a spell with lightning wit, devilish dialogue, and walloping truths about how little reason there is to anything resembling love." -Booklist (starred review)
"While Cult Classic is a meditation on love, albeit one that is filtered through fantasy and satire, it offers a refreshingly realistic, non precious attitude toward modern romance...The novel is far less concerned with Lola's happy ending than it is with her coming to terms with her hang-ups about love, commitment, and vulnerability." -TIME
"One of the funniest writers in the business... the pleasure is as much in Crosley's sharp, chatty style as it is in the narrative arc." -Bloomberg
"Anyone who's been captivated by Sloane Crosley's essays will recognize a similar puckish sense of humor undergirding this novel, a Cultish-meets-Christmas Carol-like exploration of what it's like to confront your past (that is, if E...
