by Gloria Nagy
It may not be as famous yet as Beverly Hills or Palm Beach, but Long Island's 'The Hamptons' is fast becoming THE place for over-achieving New Yorkers to spend their weekends showing off exactly what they've over-achieved to other, like-minded yuppies. Long the bastion of the quietly moneyed, over the past few years this once quaint beach community has become a four-way tug-of-war over power and prestige between the 'Always Had Its', the 'Just Got Its', the 'Maybe Next Year I'll Get Its' and the 'Never Gonna Have Its'. And just as New York has its Tom Wolfe and Palm Beach has its Pat Booth, so now this upwardly mobile resort has its very own fictional chronicler — Gloria Nagy. The author of four previous novels, Nagy has already garnered praise as a writer with a wonderful knack for mixing social satire with emotional depth, creating intriguing characters and memorable stories. And in her new novel, A House in the Hamptons, she has created a satirical tour deforce that holds up America
Erin Morgenstern
Virginia Evans
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