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211 pp.
| Knopf |
April, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-55384-4$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-399-55385-1$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-399-55386-8
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YA
Eighteen-year-old twins Sam and Ilsa each invite three surprise guests to a final dinner party at their grandmother's soon-to-be-sold apartment. In this fifth collaboration, Cohn and Levithan revisit their tried-and-true formula--NYC setting, two teens alternating narration--but with less success. This novel is too talky and gratuitously over-the-top (there's a snarky sock puppet guest), detracting from its thought-provoking musings on identity and relationships, hopes and fears.