âBe prepared to fully lose yourself in The Winnerâa book I started and then simply couldnât stop reading. Teddy Wayne has written a timely, topical novel that still somehow feels like a classic.ââLiz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River
Conor OâToole has never been anywhere like Cutters Neck, a gated community near Cape Cod. Itâs a sweet deal for the summer: in exchange for tennis lessons, he receives free lodging in a luxurious guest cottage, far from the cramped Yonkers apartment he shares with his diabetic mother.
In this oceanfront paradise, however, new clients prove hard to come by, and Conor has bills to pay. When Catherine, a sharp-tongued divorcĂ©e, offers double his usual rate, he soon realizes she is expecting additional, off the court services for her money, and Conor tumbles into a secret erotic affair unlike anything heâs experienced before.
Despite his steamy flings with a woman twice his age, he simultaneously finds himself falling for an artsy, outspoken girl he meets on the beach. With cautious, strategic planning, Conor somehow manages this tangled webâuntil he makes one final, irreversible mistake.
A dark, explosive literary thriller that brilliantly skewers the elite, Whiting Award winner Teddy Wayneâs unputdownable novel is cinematic, shocking, and a psychological masterpiece.