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With an unflinching eye, Triburbia explores Tribeca, Manhattan, where an artists' community has been overrun by those made staggeringly wealthy by the world of finance. A group of fathers - a sound engineer, a writer, a career criminal - meet each morning at a local caf after the school run. Over the course of a single year, we learn about their dreams deferred, their secrets and mishaps, as they confront truths about ambition, wealth and sex. Seen through the eyes of these men and the women with whom they share their lives, Triburbia shows that our choices and their repercussions not only define us, but irrevocably alter the lives of those we love. Wonderfully layered and complex, Triburbia creates a powerful portrait of a group of unlikely friends and a neighbourhood in transition.

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The excellent Triburbia brings to mind such modern masters as Cheever, Updike, and Salter, but Greenfeld delivers his own take on American life. This is fiction of the first rank - intense, suspenseful, and relevant in the most urgent way. -- Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Greenfeld reveals his characters' humanity with sly humor and an unerring eye. * People Magazine * Greenfeld taps into something universal with Triburbia... [he] brings a reporter's curiosity and an artist's empathy to his crackling, observant first novel. * Entertainment Weekly * Greenfeld is an acute social observer, but Triburbia is more than a chronicle of fading hipness; it's also a loving examination of marital and family trials and ties. * Boston Globe * Triburbia showcases Karl Taro Greenfeld's exceptional talent as both a storyteller and satirist. The inner lives of his characters are skillfully intertwined as each faces, and falls, through a mid-life crisis of love, life, art, and what it means to be a parent. -- Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief I loved Triburbia, love Karl Taro Greenfeld's deft satirical touch, the searing empathy with which he offers up his privileged, damaged people to the world. -- Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets

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Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of six previous books, including the much-acclaimed memoir Boy Alone, about his autistic brother. Greenfeld's fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, American Short Fiction and the PEN/O Henry Prize Stories. A veteran editor and writer for the Nation, TIME, and Sports Illustrated, Karl has also been a frequent contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, the New York Times, GQ, Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler and the Washington Post. Born in Kobe, Japan, Karl has lived in Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and TriBeCa. Visit Karl Taro Greenfeld's website at www.karltarogreenfeld.com.

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