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At the Almont is a six-novel Hexalogy. In the first novel, ""The Helpmeet,"" an over-confident philosopher is checkmated by his younger wife who learns AI. In the second novel, ""Ironwords,"" a novelist with great imagination thinks words are like iron conduits that take us from this world to the beyond. In the third novel, ""The Historical Constant,"" an historian conceives of a constant akin to Plank's Constant, that will make any period of history equally important. In the fourth novel, ""Ballin',"" a professional basketball player deals with mafiosa who are closing in on his family. In the fifth novel, a popular podcast host tries to have it all but comes crashing down. In the sixth novel, ""A Kind of Quietism,"" an Almont heir opts for the passive life. All these characters live at the Almont, a former New York City mansion that has been converted into six coops.

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J. Hayes Hurley is the author of 93 novels, including ""The Turtle Bay Novels,"" ""Those Brownsville Blues,"" and ""The Adjunct.""As well, Hurley holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Yale University.

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