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Thank you {partner} @bibliolifestyle and @harperviabooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book.
โA seriously funny take on death and dying.โ โKirkus, Starred Review
An ingeniously plotted dark comedy by Noa Yedlin, “a master at tone” (Kirkus, Starred Review) about aging and friendship following a tight-knit circle of seniors as they attempt to hide the death of one of their best friends so he can win the Nobel Prize for Economics.
Avishay is up for the Nobel Prize for Economics. Thereโs just one problemโheโs dead. His four closest friends agree that the well-earned prize must stay within his grasp, and so conspire to conceal Avishayโs corpse until the committeeโs announcement. The potential of a glorious legacy for their late friend โ and by extension, for them all โ is only a mere eight days away. What could go wrong?
Each member of the quartet has their own motive for the scheme. Zohara, Avishayโs longtime secret lover, needs her widowhood acknowledged through an inheritance. Amos, a less successful academic than his late friend, is proving he can overcome his jealousy. Insecure magnate Yehuda needs the association to promote his own upcoming book. And Nili, a divorcee chafing against her grandmotherly expectations, thrills at the adventure.
Their plan starts out simple: turn up the AC, take shifts watching the apartment, forge texts and emails on the deceasedโs behalf. But as the days pass, they are confronted with surprise visitors, hidden motives, deep-seated resentments and the devices of nature herself. How far will this foursome go to help their friend die a winner?
Packed into a drama-filled week, bristling with insight and dark humor, Stockholm offers a refreshingly honest consideration of the age when we begin to measure the sum of our lives.
๐ ๐ป๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐ฆ? ๐โ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐?